Good grades are reinforcing to some students but not to others. Someone explaining this fact from an operant conditioning perspective would say that good grades are most likely to be reinforcers to students who:

a. Come from middle- or upper-income families
b. Have been told that good grades can help them get a scholarship
c. Have previously associated grades with other reinforcers
d. Have never received a grade above C


C

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