A parent is trying to increase the time his child spends studying by giving the child a baseball card for each hour he studies. The child does not increase or decrease his study time. This story illustrates the difference between
A)shaping and response chaining.
B)rewards and reinforcers.
C)rewards and punishments.
D)conditioned and unconditioned responses.

Question

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Rewards are given with the intention of encouraging a behavior, but reinforcers are stimuli that actually lead to an increase in the targeted behavior. In this case, the baseball cards are intended as rewards but do not function as reinforcers since they do not increase the child's study time.

A Parent Is Trying to Increase the Time His Child