Oliver tells a tasteless joke at a party and gets a big laugh. The next day, he tells the same joke in class, thinking people will laugh. Instead, his teacher takes him aside after class and gives him a stern lecture about why he should not say such things about a particular ethnic group. In behaviorist terminology, we could say that Oliver:

a. has generalized from one situation to another inappropriately.
b. is receiving negative reinforcement for his joke-telling behavior.
c. experiences a group contingency at the party but not in class.
d. is being shaped to tell tasteless jokes.


a

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