Behaviorist teachers believe that when they ignore undesirable behavior
A) it will spiral out of control in the classroom.
B) students will continue to behave in that manner.
C) the bad behavior will be extinguished.
D) they will encounter problems from previously well-behaved students.
C
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a. Ricky's own long division skills will improve because he is more motivated. b. Ricky will gain nothing from helping his sister because doing long division is outside his zone of proximal development. c. Ricky's own long division skills will decrease, because any mistakes that Lucy makes will "corrupt" his own mathematical thinking. d. By helping Lucy with her long division problems, Ricky will be able to practice using the central conceptual structure that underlies his mathematical thinking.
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