Which Statement About Punishment Is False

question 93

Multiple Choice

Which statement about punishment is false?

• A) Punishment has mixed effectiveness in shaping because the contingency can produce either an S-O or an R-O association.
• B) Punishment may result in the suppression of behaviors that are not linked to punishment.
• C) The S-O and R-O associations are acquired at the same rate, but the specific association that occurs depends on the SSDR elicited by the aversive outcome.
• D) Pavlovian associations are the easier to learn and the elicited behavior is coincidental to the instrumental contingency.

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