What method would psychologists most likely use to get a mute patient to speak for the first time in 19 years?
a) shaping
b) extinction
c) punishment
d) continuous reinforcement
A
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a. They are important. c. They are interdependent. b. They are long lasting. d. They are emotionally intimate.
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