What happened when McDowell (1981) provided reinforcement to a mildly retarded man for doing routine activities (e.g., reading, setting the table) unrelated to oppositional behaviors?
a. He increased routine behaviors and decreased oppositional behaviors.
b. He increased routine behaviors but did not change his frequency of oppositional behaviors.
c. He decreased the frequency of his oppositional behaviors without increasing the frequency of doing routine behaviors.
d. He did not decrease oppositional behaviors until an omission training contingency was added.
Ans: a
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