Nick wants to encourage his 6-year-old daughter, Anna, to help with family chores. He makes an outline of a rainbow with seven bands so that Anna can color in a band each time she does a chore. If she does seven chores in a week, coloring in the full rainbow, she gets $1. Nick’s technique demonstrates which methods?
a. ?habituation, positive punishment, and a fixed interval schedule
b. ?shaping, negative reinforcement, and a variable interval schedule
c. ?chaining, negative punishment, and a variable ratio schedule
d. ?a token economy, positive reinforcement, and a fixed ratio schedule
ANSWER:
d
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