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vicotolentino

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One reason why colleges use the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) is to determine how well students will do during their first year in college. Which of the following is necessary for a test to be used for this purpose?
 
  a. high construct validity
  b. high predictive validity
  c. high internal consistency
  d. high test-retest reliability

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Describe the purpose of time-out.
 
  What will be an ideal response?


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Reply #1 on: Jun 20, 2018
Answer to Question 1

B

Answer to Question 2

Time-out is a form of punishment designed to weaken an undesirable behavior by temporarily removing the opportunity to receive positive reinforcement for the behavior by removing the individual from the situation.


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Gracias!

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