A mother wants to reduce the amount of time that it takes for her son to come to her when she calls him. What should be measured?

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Latency refers to the amount of time that elapses between a stimulus (in this case, the mother calling the son) and the onset of a behavior (in this case, the son coming to the mother). Measuring the latency would provide information about how quickly the son is responding to the mother's call. Inter-response time, duration, and rate are not as relevant for measuring the speed of the son's response to the mother's call.

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