Negative Attention Seeking Will Develop in Some Children Because

question 262

Multiple Choice

Negative attention seeking will develop in some children because

• A)punishment is always ineffective and teaches aggression.
• B)the parents reward the children's correct social behaviors in only limited situations.
• C)punishment was not used to get rid of the negative attention-seeking in the children.
• D)the children receive attention when they are ill-behaved but are ignored when they are well-behaved.

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Definitions:

Stimulus

any object or event that elicits a sensory or behavioral response in an organism.

Probability

A mathematical measure of the likelihood of a particular event occurring, expressed as a number between 0 and 1.

Successive Approximations

A method in behavioral psychology where rewards are given for behaviors that increasingly resemble the target behavior.

Shaping

Rewarding successive approximations of a desired behavior.