Punishing a child’s misbehavior only occasionally when it occurs may mean that the behavior is actually being reinforced on a partial schedule because the child is able to “get away” with doing the behavior some of the time. This program of punishment would then have the result of making the ____
a. ?misbehavior more resistant to extinction
b. ?misbehavior less resistant to extinction
c. ?person doing the punishing do it less often
d. ?person doing the punishing do it more often
ANSWER:
a
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