Lately, You Have Been Reinforcing Your Child's Temper Tantrums with Your

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Multiple Choice

Lately, you have been reinforcing your child's temper tantrums with your attention.If you withhold your attention, ignoring the temper tantrums for several days, they will eventually stop.A psychologist would call this effect

• A) aversive conditioning.
• B) shaping.
• C) negative reinforcement.
• D) extinction.

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Definitions:

Income Effect

The change in an individual's or economy's income and how that change affects the quantity demanded of a good or service.

Price Decrease

A reduction in the cost of a good or service, which can increase consumer demand but may decrease supplier profits.

Consumer's Optimal

The point at which the combination of goods and services purchased by a consumer provides maximum satisfaction or utility, given the consumer's income and the prices of goods.

Price of Good

The amount of money required to purchase a specific good or service.