A child is punished and temporarily stops his or her well-established bad behavior. However, the child soon goes back to acting badly. This is probably because __________.

A. the effects of punishment have habituated
B. punishment often only temporarily suppresses or inhibits a behavior
C. the bad behavior has spontaneously recovered
D. the conditioned emotional response to the punishment has generalized to another behavior


Answer: B

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