Two-Year-Old Rumiko Started Whining at the Grocery Store

question 85

Multiple Choice

Two-year-old Rumiko started whining at the grocery store.The best way for her parents to extinguish this behavior is to praise her _____ when she is NOT whining at the store and _____.

• A)consistently; leave the store every time she whines
• B)most of the time; leave the store every other time she whines
• C)some of the time; leave the store when they are done shopping
• D)none of these options; they should stop taking her to the store

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