According to the Principles of Operant Conditioning, When Reinforcement for a Behavior

question 97

Multiple Choice

According to the principles of operant conditioning, when reinforcement for a behavior is stopped, ____.

• A) the person will find another source of reinforcement
• B) the behavior will also stop eventually
• C) someone else will begin to reinforce the behavior
• D) someone else will begin to punish the behavior

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