Good grades are reinforcing to some children but not to others. Someone explaining this fact from an operant conditioning perspective would say that good grades are most likely to be reinforcers to children who:
a. Have been told that good grades can help them get a scholarship
b. Have previously associated grades with other reinforcers
c. Come from middle-socioeconomic backgrounds
d. Have never received a grade above C
Question 2
Curtis works hard at school because he knows it will lead to good grades, praise from his mother, and money from his father. What kind of reinforcers are most effective with Curtis?
a. primary reinforcers
b. situational interests
c. vicarious reinforcers
d. secondary reinforcers
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