Whenever Jan Tries to Talk on the Telephone, Her Five-Year-Old

question 161

Multiple Choice

Whenever Jan tries to talk on the telephone, her five-year-old daughter Isabel repeatedly interrupts her. If Jan wanted to use the strategy of reinforcing the non-occurrence of the problem behavior, she should:

• A)politely ask Isabel to please stop interrupting her every time the bad behavior occurs.
• B)send Isabel to a corner every time she interrupted Jan while she is on the phone.
• C)reward Isabel for not interrupting her during a phone call.
• D)tell her friend that she would call her back and immediately attend to whatever it was that Isabel wanted.

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