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If you were using an achievement test to measure how well high school students remembered their middle school science, you might attempt to determine how well the test items actually covered the middle school science curriculum. Your concerns would be for the test's
 
  a. content validity.
  b. norms.
  c. predictive validity.
  d. reliability.

Question 2

By providing an example, explain how negative reinforcement works.
 
  What will be an ideal response?



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Answer to Question 1

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Answer to Question 2

Negative reinforcement strengthens desired behavior by removing an aversive stimulus after the behavior occurs. Example: A child is nagged until he or she begins to clean the bedroom. The nagging is the aversive stimulus, which is removed once the child cleans the room.



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