The fifth time that Tyler was late for school he was given a detention. However, the following day he was late for school again. In this situation it is likely that:
A)Tyler has been negatively reinforced for being late for school.
B)detention is an effective form of punishment and Tyler's behavior will eventually change.
C)punishment has not occurred, because the operant response of being late for school was not suppressed.
D)Tyler has not formed a cognitive map of the shortest route to school and consequently takes the long way and is frequently late.

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Quizplus · Accepted Answer

Punishment only occurs when an operant response is suppressed due to a negative consequence. In this case, Tyler was given a detention as a consequence of being late, but he continued to be late the following day. Therefore, the operant response of being late was not suppressed and punishment did not occur.

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