Ms Margo Has Been Treating Joey for Aggression at Preschool

question 12

Multiple Choice

Ms. Margo has been treating Joey for aggression at preschool, on the playground and on the bus. She developed a special intervention that included consequences for aggressive behaviors, like losing privileges and being placed in time-out, combined with praise for cooperative and friendly behavior. She planned to do a multiple baseline study, however, after treating the aggression in the classroom, Joey's aggression dropped in the other situations too. Why?

• A) Joey just realized the error of his ways.
• B) Ms. Margo picked interdependent behaviors to study
• C) the behaviors weren't related but the consequences were
• D) rewards are always stronger and more effective than the punishers

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