Although Punishment Has Several Drawbacks,it Is Most Effective When ____

question 83

Multiple Choice

Although punishment has several drawbacks,it is most effective when ____.

• A) it occurs a couple days after the behavior
• B) the punisher identifies more appropriate behavior
• C) the punisher is very angry while punishing
• D) the behavior is intermittently punished

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Definitions:

Event Will Not Occur

The probability that a specific event does not happen, which can be calculated by subtracting the event’s probability of occurring from 1.

Conditional Probability

The likelihood of one event happening after another event has already taken place.

Independent Events

Events whose occurrence or outcome is not influenced by one another; the outcome of one event does not affect the outcome of another.

Mutually Exclusive Events

Two or more events that cannot occur at the same time within a given experimental setup.