Punishment Is a Potentially Hazardous Way for Teachers to Control

question 87

Multiple Choice

Punishment is a potentially hazardous way for teachers to control young children's behaviors because

• A) the more severely children are punished for undesirable behaviors,the more likely they will exhibit those behaviors.
• B) children will forget how to perform punished behaviors even when the behaviors may be justified and necessary.
• C) the use of punishment could condition children to fear the teachers and avoid school.
• D) punishment cannot even temporarily restrain undesirable behaviors.

---

Definitions:

Dispersion

A statistical measure that describes the spread of values around the mean or average, indicating variability within a data set.

Outcomes

The results or consequences that follow from specific actions, events, or decisions.

Firm-Specific Risk

The risk associated with the unique factors affecting an individual company, separate from market-wide risks.

Diversification

An investment strategy aimed at reducing risk by allocating investments among various financial instruments, industries, or other categories.