Danielle,age 14,dislikes School

question 70

Multiple Choice

Danielle,age 14,dislikes school.Her parents were recently informed that Danielle has missed twelve days of school this quarter and has left school early on at least four occasions.Danielle's father has decided to drop his daughter off every morning and pick her up every afternoon to make sure she is attending school.Danielle is now attending school,but she has gotten into serious trouble on multiple occasions,leading to a five-day out-of-school suspension.Since Danielle dislikes school and prefers to skip rather than attend,the out-of-school suspension represents a:

• A) reinforcement.
• B) punishment.
• C) conditioner.
• D) norm.

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