According to the chapter Tokens Against Aggressionabout the use of a token economy in a psychiatric
hospital, why were patients given credits as soon after they engaged in the desired behavior as individual
situations would allow?
(a) reinforcement is more effective in influencing behavior when it occurs soon after the desired behavior
(b) so the patients would not become frustrated for not being rewarded promptly
(c) so that the researchers could move on to other work
(d) to help patients earn credits quickly so they could get more of the items they wanted
A
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