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Skinner's experiment utilized a relatively weak form of punishment: a device that slapped a rat on the paw when it attempted to press a lever. Subsequent research revealed that _____ forms of punishment are capable of suppressing behavior for _____ periods of time.
 
  A) weak; long
  B) time-out; short
  C) more intense; much longer
  D) less intense; much longer

Question 2

According to Skinner's conditioned suppression theory of punishment, punishment will typically have _____ on behavior.
 
  A) permanent effects
  B) temporary effects
  C) almost no effect
  D) unpredictable effects



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Answer to Question 1

C

Answer to Question 2

B



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