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dejastew

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on: Jun 21, 2018
A spanking is a punisher if it
 
  A) follows a behavior.
  B) precedes a behavior.
  C) decreases the probability of a behavior.
  D) Both a and c are correct.

Question 2

Suppose a rat presses a lever and receives a food pellet. As a result, it is more likely to press the lever in the future. In this example, the food is functioning as a _____ for lever-pressing.
 
  A) reinforcer
  B) discriminative stimulus
  C) punisher
  D) punishment


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soda0602

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Reply #1 on: Jun 21, 2018
Answer to Question 1

D

Answer to Question 2

A


dejastew

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Reply 2 on: Jun 21, 2018
Excellent

jackie

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Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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