A dollar bill may not be reinforcing for a young child who has had no experience with money.However, after the dollar bill is paired with a variety of back-up reinforcers while making various purchases in the store, the dollar bill becomes a powerful reinforcer.This is an example of the development of a:
A)extrinsic reinforcer
B)generalized conditioned reinforcer
C)simple conditioned reinforcer
D)primary reinforce

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The scenario describes how the dollar bill acquires value as a reinforcer through pairing with various other reinforcers (such as toys or sweets), allowing it to become a generalized conditioned reinforcer that can be used to obtain a variety of other reinforcers in the future. This process is inherent in the development of a generalized conditioned reinforcer.

A Dollar Bill May Not Be Reinforcing for a Young