According to the principles of operant conditioning, if others consistently ignore a person's appropriate response to their social cues, what will happen?
A) The person will develop delusions.
B) The person will begin to experience auditory hallucinations.
C) The person will regress to an earlier stage of development.
D) The person will stop attending to social cues.

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Operant conditioning, a theory developed by B.F. Skinner, suggests that behaviors followed by positive reinforcement will be strengthened, while those followed by either negative reinforcement or punishment will be weakened. If a person's appropriate responses to social cues are consistently ignored (a form of negative reinforcement), over time, the person is likely to stop attending to those cues, as the behavior of responding is not being reinforced.

According to the Principles of Operant Conditioning, If Others Consistently