You Are Working with Jerome, a Student in Your Classroom

question 44

Multiple Choice

You are working with Jerome, a student in your classroom for whom the only effective reinforcer is something to eat, such as candy or raisins. You would like Jerome to find your praise reinforcing as well. From an operant conditioning perspective, your best strategy would be which one of the following?

• A) Show Jerome that all his classmates respond positively to praise.
• B) Whenever you give Jerome something to eat, give him praise as well.
• C) Explain to Jerome that praise gives him feedback about the things he is doing well.
• D) Explain to Jerome how important it is that he not be so reliant on concrete reinforcers.

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