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

question 393

Multiple Choice

Whenever Jan tries to talk on the telephone, her five-year-old daughter, Isabel, repeatedly interrupts her. If Jan wants to use the strategy of reinforcing the nonoccurrence 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 interrupts Jan while she is on the phone.
• C) reward Isabel for not interrupting her during a phone call.
• D) tell her friend that she will call her back, and immediately attend to whatever it is that Isabel wants.

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