Jerome is a student in your classroom for whom the only effective reinforcer is something to eat, such as candy.You would like Jerome to find your praise reinforcing as well.From a behaviorist perspective, your best strategy would be which one of the following?
A)Whenever you give Jerome something to eat, give him praise as well.
B)Explain to Jerome that praise gives him feedback about the things he is doing well.
C)Show Jerome that all his classmates respond positively to praise.
D)Explain to Jerome how important it is that he not be so reliant on concrete reinforcers.

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This strategy is known as pairing, where the praise is paired with the primary reinforcer (in this case, something to eat) to eventually make the praise a conditioned reinforcer. By consistently pairing the two, Jerome will start to associate praise with the good feeling he gets from receiving something to eat. Over time, the praise alone may start to become reinforcing for Jerome.

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