Karen is embarrassed when her son Max has a tantrum in the toy store just because she wasn't listening to what he was telling her about Pokémon

She screams at him to stop it or they will never come to the toy store again. Max just tantrums harder. Why did this approach fail to control Max's behavior?
a. The threat was a reinforcer.
b. The punishment did not tell her how to change her behavior.
c. Allison wasn't punished immediately.
d. Yelling is not a form of punishment.


Answer: a

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