An elementary school teacher practically ends classroom discipline problems by giving students "chances" in a lottery to be held at the end of the week for some small toy. The chances are considered tokens, which are used to reinforce the completing of assignments, paying attention, and other
a. stimulus controls.
b. target behaviors.
c. conditioned stimuli.
d. unconditioned stimuli.
B
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A) Jean Piaget. B) Frederic Bartlett. C) Kurt Lewin. D) Max Wertheimer.
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