According to the Principles of Operant Conditioning, Refusing to Give

question 181

Multiple Choice

According to the principles of operant conditioning, refusing to give the child who is having a tantrum what he is asking for, will

• A) cause problems between the parents.
• B) extinguish the behaviour.
• C) only provoke further negative behaviour.
• D) severely traumatize the child.

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Definitions:

Modus Tollens

A form of deductive argument in logic that, if the implication is true, then denies the consequent to conclude the denial of the antecedent.

Proposition

A declarative sentence that can be evaluated as true or false, conveying a statement or assertion.

Standard Form

In logic, the standard form refers to a way of structuring categorical propositions to clearly express their subject, predicate, and quantifier, facilitating easier analysis.

Hypothetical Syllogism

A form of logical reasoning that connects two conditional statements to arrive at a conclusion, typically structured as "If P, then Q; if Q, then R; thus, if P, then R."