Over a Period of a Few Weeks, Samuel Changed from Complying

question 102

Multiple Choice

Over a period of a few weeks, Samuel changed from complying with each of his father's requests to complying with every other request, then every third request. The father's behavior of making requests has been subjected to a procedure known as

• A) ratio strain.
• B) stretching the ratio.
• C) stretching the interval.
• D) partialization.

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