Patrick and Mike Are Brothers Who Are Fighting Over a New

question 371

Essay

Patrick and Mike are brothers who are fighting over a new toy. Their mother sends them to separate rooms until they can calm down and agree to share the toy and play "nicely." Mother is using the operant conditioning technique known as ____________________.

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Definitions:

Rabbits

Small mammals with long ears, characterized by their fast reproduction and commonly found in several parts of the world.

Proposition

A declaration that signifies an opinion or judgment.

Contrary Propositions

Statements that cannot both be true at the same time, though they can both be false.

Subalternates

Subalternates in logic refer to propositions that are related in a hierarchy where one proposition is subordinate to another in terms of its breadth of applicability.