When using a token economy in remedial education, Wolf and friends punished inappropriate behavior by
A) giving the kids negative marks, if they were out of their seats when the alarm rang.
B) giving them negative marks, if they hit each other.
C) removing store privileges contingent on bad reports from the classroom teacher.
D) None of the above, this was a positive-only token economy.

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Wolf and friends used a token economy that included both rewards for appropriate behavior and punishments for inappropriate behavior. This involved giving negative marks for specific unwanted actions such as being out of their seats when an alarm rang or hitting each other, as well as removing privileges based on bad reports, indicating a system that balanced positive reinforcement with negative consequences.

When Using a Token Economy in Remedial Education, Wolf and Friends