A Child Is Punished and Temporarily Stops His or Her

question 266

Multiple Choice

A child is punished and temporarily stops his or her well-established bad behavior. However, the child soon goes back to acting badly. This is probably because __________.

• A) the effects of punishment have habituated
• B) punishment often only temporarily suppresses or inhibits a behavior
• C) the bad behavior has spontaneously recovered
• D) the conditioned emotional response to the punishment has generalized to another behavior

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Definitions:

Nominal Groups

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The capability to adapt to new, different, or changing requirements in an environment or situation.

Fluency

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