A Child Is Punished and Temporarily Stops His or Her

question 56

Multiple Choice

A child is punished and temporarily stops his or her well-established bad behaviour.However,the child soon goes back to acting badly.All of the following reasons help explain why this occurred EXCEPT:

• A)"punishment" has a more complex job (weaken and extinguish)than reinforcement and therefore has increased odds of failure.
• B)punishment is known to only temporarily suppress or inhibit a behaviour.
• C)the "bad" behaviour may be affected by type of spontaneous recovery.
• D)the conditioned emotional response to the punishment has generalized to another behaviour.

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Definitions:

Norm-Referenced Format

A type of assessment or testing where the performance of an individual is compared to a normative group.

Direct Output Measures

Metrics used to directly assess the quantity, quality, or efficiency of work produced by an individual or group.

Norm-Referenced Appraisal

An evaluation method comparing an individual's performance or characteristics to the norm of a larger group.

Forced Distribution

A performance evaluation method where employees are ranked in accordance with a predetermined distribution curve, often leading to a fixed number of employees in categories like high, medium, and low performers.