Which of the following is an effective recommendation for the use of punishment?

a. Use response cost with younger children, but not with older ones.
b. Punish children in front of others to provide an example.
c. Parents should try to punish the same way for the same things.
d. If you punish your child and then find that he or she was innocent, ignore the punishment and the situation in order to put the incident behind you.


C

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A. Industrial Revolution theory B. urban living theory C. carpentered world hypothesis D. natural perception hypothesis

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Food is an example of ____; praise is an example of ____

a. a primary reinforcer; a primary reinforcer b. a primary reinforcer; a secondary reinforcer c. a secondary reinforcer; a secondary reinforcer d. a secondary reinforcer; a primary reinforcer

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Making up excuses for failure is referred to as:

A. self-attributing B. self-handicapping C. delusional attribution D. image defense

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From an evolutionary perspective, why is feeling pain adaptive?

A) It directly aids reproduction. B) It indicates damage (or potential damage) to tissue. C) Feeling pain demonstrates social dominance. D) Pain is important in the body's autoimmune system.

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