Four-Year-Old Salina Is Playing with a Battery-Operated Bubble Gun

question 175

Multiple Choice

Four-year-old Salina is playing with a battery-operated bubble gun. Suddenly, the batteries fail and the gun no longer produces bubbles. She rapidly hits the trigger a few times, shakes it and tries again, and finally discards the gun to search for something else to play with. What is the MOST likely explanation for this behavior series?

• A) Salina acquired bubble-gun operating behavior.
• B) Salina generalized bubble-gun playing to other toys.
• C) Salina found bubble-gun playing negatively reinforcing.
• D) Salina's bubble-gun playing underwent extinction.

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