Bill and Ben are about to have breakfast. Their mother asks Bill, What would you like for breakfast? Bill answers, I would like some damn porridge. She slaps him, then turns to Ben and asks, And what would you like? Ben answers, I don't really care, as long as it isn't any of that damn porridge Ben's misunderstanding highlights the importance of ____.
a. immediate and efficiently severe punishments
b. children learning through imitation
c. appropriate responses being identified and positively reinforced
d. specifying why punishment is being administered
Question 2
When administering punishment, it is least effective for the punishment to be ____.
a. salient and severe enough to eliminate the undesirable behavior
b. accompanied by the identification and reinforcement of alternative, acceptable behaviors
c. administered with some explanation for the punishment
d. delayed, allowing the child to reflect on her behavior prior to punishment
Hyena (Crocuta crocuta) pup and mother.
Mother zebra with foals.
Animals in their mother's wombs
A mother dies, a father loses his leg—such calamities shattered poor urban families. Orphaned street
Bill Viola. Room for St. John of the Cross. 1983.
Bill Viola, Room for St. John of the Cross.