The parents are trying to get their three-year-old daughter to go to bed without fussing, but sometimes they give in to her tears and let her stay up later. On the basis of the partial reinforcement effect, it can be expected that the child's fussing will
a. be difficult to stop.
b. be easy to stop.
c. disappear for a while, but then reappear.
d. develop into a discriminative stimulus.
Answer: a. be difficult to stop.
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