Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. According to Premack, when a parent wants a child to do homework, the parent should allow the child to play their favorite game before starting homework.
2. Increasing access to low-probability behavior increases the level of a high-probability behavior.
3. Timberlake and Allison’s model contends that a child who does not like to take out the garbage could be made to increase that behavior if the child is first prevented from doing so for a period of time.
4. Animals will respond in a manner that allows them to be as close to a blisspoint as possible.
5. Blisspoint predicts that an animal emits a minimum number of contingent responses to obtain the maximum level of reinforcing activities.
1. True
2. True
3. True
4. True
5. False
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