Which Scenario Is Not an Application of the Matching Law

question 18

Multiple Choice

Which scenario is not an application of the matching law to ultimately reduce the amount of time a child spends playing computer games.

• A) Requiring increasingly more weekly chores for every additional 30 minutes the child wants to be at the computer
• B) Spending time interacting with the child in ways that compete with the attractiveness of the computer (e.g., going to a ball game, practicing soccer moves, playing a board game)
• C) Reducing the number of different games on the computer so that they all become boring to the child
• D) Preventing the child from playing any game other than computer games for a week, thus reducing the reinforcing capacity of the computer games

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