MsO'Connor Reinforces James Every Time She Sees Him Reading Independently

question 87

Multiple Choice

Ms.O'Connor reinforces James every time she sees him reading independently.Once he is reading on a regular basis, she begins to reinforce him only every second time, then only every third time, and so on, gradually reinforcing him less and less often.From an operant conditioning perspective, we can predict that James will:

• A)continue to read independently.
• B)read less and less often.
• C)read only when he is coerced to do so.
• D)stop reading altogether.

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