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Lois and Peter want to teach Brian, their dog, to fetch the newspaper. Lois aims to encourage Brian's behavior when he brings in the newspaper. Peters goal is, instead, to discourage Brian's behavior when he brings in a stick. Lois will most likely use ____, and Peter will most likely use ____.
 
  a. operant conditioning; classical conditioning
  b. positive reinforcers; negative reinforcers
  c. punishment; penalties
  d. reinforcers; punishment

Question 2

Two-year-old Hannah says the word hell in the middle of dinner, and her parents immediately stop talking to each other and scold her. They spent the rest of the meal paying close attention to what Hannah said. Later, Hannah says hell repeatedly, and each time, her parents spend time talking to her and paying attention to her. In this situation, the parents' attention is a ____ and Hannah's inappropriate language is a(n) ____.
 
  a. positive reinforcer; conditioner
  b. negative reinforcer; operant
  c. positive reinforcer; operant
  d. punishment; operant



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Answer to Question 1

ANSWER:
d

Answer to Question 2

ANSWER:
c




ishan

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Reply 2 on: Jun 19, 2018
Wow, this really help


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
:D TYSM

 

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