If You Praise a Child for Learning That the Plural

question 18

Multiple Choice

If you praise a child for learning that the plural of sheep is sheep and the plural of deer is deer and the child cries excitedly, "Look at all the goat!" on seeing a herd of goats, this illustrates the learning theory principle of

• A) extinction.
• B) discrimination.
• C) reinforcement.
• D) generalization.

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