Mariah's toddler, Cailin is in her terrible twos. Lately, she has been pinching her older sister, leading to many crying fits and fights. Today, when Mariah came back from picking up groceries her husband told her that Cailin had pinched her sister yet again. Mariah marched up to Cailin's room and pinched he to show her how it feels, in hopes that cailin would remember and stop pinching other people. Why is this tactic unlikely to work? A. Physical punishments are always ineffective B. For punishment to be effective, it needs to be administered immediately after the offense C. Children respond to reinforcement, not punishment D. Mariah's husband sould have been the one to administer the punishment because he was the person to witness it.
Mariah's toddler, Cailin is in her terrible twos. Lately, she has been pinching her older sister, leading to many crying fits and fights. Today, when Mariah came back from picking up groceries her husband told her that Cailin had pinched her sister yet again. Mariah marched up to Cailin's room and pinched he to show her how it feels, in hopes that cailin would remember and stop pinching other people. Why is this tactic unlikely to work?
A. Physical punishments are always ineffective
B. For punishment to be effective, it needs to be administered immediately after the offense
C. Children respond to reinforcement, not punishment
D. Mariah's husband sould have been the one to administer the punishment because he was the person to witness it.
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