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casperchen82 · **on:** Jun 19, 2018

What appears to be the most effective way for teachers to increase appropriate behavior and decrease disruptive behavior in their students?

a. Be very firm and harsh in response to disruption.
b. Reinforce appropriate behavior and ignore misbehavior.
c. Do not reinforce the positive but be sure to punish the negative.
d. Stick to classical rather than operant conditioning techniques.

Question 2

In the Gilbert et al. (1988) study of causal attribution discussed in the text, the researchers independently manipulated cognitive load (low vs. high) and discussion topics (anxiety-provoking vs. relaxing). Thus, the design of this study was:

A) a one-way, four-groups design
B) a Latin square factorial
C) a mixed-model design
D) a 2 x 2 factorial design