Which of the following statements reflects the likely reason that so many veteran teachers resort to authoritarian methods when students exhibit disruptive behavior?
a. Students do not respond well in the face of interventions that they perceive to be implemented by teachers who are non-confrontational.
b. By the time they notice a student misbehaving, teachers are often so angry that they bypass methods they perceive as "soft" in favor of more severe ones.
c. Authoritarian methods have been shown in research studies to result in longer-lasting behavior change.
d. Teachers tend to rely on the strategies that are most familiar to them – the ones that were used when they themselves were students.
d
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