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ETearle · **on:** Jul 15, 2018

(1) By giving feedback to their children, parents indicate whether a behavior is appropriate and should
continue or is inappropriate and should stop. (2) Feedback comes in two general forms. (3) Reinforcement
is any action that increases the likelihood of the response that it follows. (4) Parents may use praise to
reinforce a child's studying or give a reward for completing household chores. (5) Punishment is any
action that discourages the recurrence of the response that it follows. (6) Parents may forbid children to
watch television when they get poor grades in school or make children go to bed early for neglecting
household chores.
From Robert V. Kail and John C. Cavanaugh, Human Development: A Life-Span View, 6th ed. (Belmont, CA:
Wadsworth 2013), Which of the following sentences is a minor supporting detail in the paragraph?

a. sentence 1 c. sentence 4
b. sentence 3 d. sentence 5

Question 2

(1) By giving feedback to their children, parents indicate whether a behavior is appropriate and should
continue or is inappropriate and should stop. (2) Feedback comes in two general forms. (3) Reinforcement
is any action that increases the likelihood of the response that it follows. (4) Parents may use praise to
reinforce a child's studying or give a reward for completing household chores. (5) Punishment is any
action that discourages the recurrence of the response that it follows. (6) Parents may forbid children to
watch television when they get poor grades in school or make children go to bed early for neglecting
household chores.
From Robert V. Kail and John C. Cavanaugh, Human Development: A Life-Span View, 6th ed. (Belmont, CA:
Wadsworth 2013), Which of the following is a minor supporting detail in the paragraph?

a. sentence 2 c. sentence 5
b. sentence 3 d. sentence 6