Maya wants to investigate the effect of operant conditioning on physical activity. She splits a sample of adult office workers into two groups. Group 1 experiences a loud, persistent alert sound on their smartwatch every hour, which only stops once they stand up and walk (negative reinforcement). Group 2 receives no alert sounds or reminders. Maya records the total number of 100-step walking bouts completed by each participant over a 10-day period.
State a fully operationalised directional (one-tailed) hypothesis for Maya's investigation.
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