Gerald Patterson's coercion model suggests that children's antisocial behavior may result from parents who
a. use exceedingly large amounts of reinforcement with their children to prevent misbehavior.
b. sometimes use large amounts of reinforcement, but often ignore misbehavior.
c. encourage children to misbehave, then punish them when they do so.
d. make threats that sometimes have no consequences, but are other times followed by strong discipline.
Answer: d. make threats that sometimes have no consequences, but are other times followed by strong discipline.
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