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If Charles Catania's thinking about reinforcement is applied to punishment, we can say that all of the following are true of punishment except _______.
 
  a. a behavior must have a consequence
  b. the consequence of the behavior must be negative
  c. a behavior must decrease in strength
  d. the decrease in strength must be the result of the behavior's consequence

Question 2

Each time Charles, who has a lisp, says Mithithippi or the like, his wife, Evelyn, yells, Idiot However, there is no evidence that Evelyn's efforts to reduce the frequency of such mispronunciations have been effective. We can therefore conclude that ______.
 
  a. Charles's behavior is due to a neurological problem
  b. Charles's behavior has not been punished
  c. Evelyn's efforts to punish Charles's behavior have actually reinforced it
  d. Charles is lisping deliberately to annoy Evelyn


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

B

Answer to Question 2

B


sammy

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Reply 2 on: Jun 21, 2018
Wow, this really help

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YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

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