Requiring a resistant child to eat half of each of the foods on his dinner plate before receiving a favorite dessert is an example of

a. generalized reinforcers.
b. punishment.
c. the Premack principle.
d. the partial reinforcement effect.


ANSWER: c

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What will be an ideal response?

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