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A child is punished and temporarily stops his or her well-established bad behavior. However, the child soon goes back to acting badly. This is probably because __________

A) the effects of punishment have habituated.
B) punishment is known only to temporarily suppress or inhibit a behavior.
C) the bad behavior has spontaneously recovered.
D) the conditional emotional response to the punishment has generalized to another behavior.

Habituated

A process by which an individual becomes accustomed to a stimulus or environment through repeated exposure, leading to a decrease in response.

Spontaneous Recovery

The reappearance of a previously extinguished conditioned response after a period of no exposure to the conditioned stimulus, often observed in classical conditioning experiments.

Conditional Emotional Response

Conditional emotional response involves the development of emotions, such as fear or happiness, in response to a specific stimulus due to the process of conditioning.

  • Learn about the results and roles of punishment, and clarify how it is not the same as negative reinforcement.
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Agilesh NagendranNov 21, 2024
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