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stephzh

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Kathy used to pay attention to her son, Fred, whenever he threw a tantrum. She then realized that her attention was reinforcing Fred's tantrums and decided to start ignoring them. Kathy's action illustrates _____.
 
  A) negative punishment
  B) negative reinforcement
  C) an extinction process
  D) an extinction procedure

Question 2

A decrease in the rate of wheel running because it is no longer reinforced is an example of a(n)
 
  A) extinction procedure.
  B) punishment procedure.
  C) extinction process.
  D) punishment process.



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Zebsrer

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Answer to Question 1

D

Answer to Question 2

C




stephzh

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Reply 2 on: Jun 21, 2018
Excellent


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

 

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