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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Definitions:

Common Ancestor

The most recent individual from which all organisms in a group are directly descended.

Monkeys

Primates that are not apes or humans, typically having a tail and being smaller than apes, inhabiting mainly tropical forests.

Human Evolution

The lengthy process of change by which people originated from apelike ancestors, involving developments in physical, social, and cultural traits.

Deuterostomes

A major division of the animal kingdom in which the anus develops from the first opening in the embryo, followed by the mouth.