To encourage their students to read more books, the fifth-grade teachers in an elementary school give a wooden bead to each student who finishes a book and submits a report about it. Every Friday, the class with the most beads exchanges their beads for a pizza party. Which Skinnerian method are the teachers using?

a) Aversive conditioning
b) Shaping
c) Satiation
d) Token economy

Answer: d) Token economy

Psychology

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a. childhood c. faulty learning b. genetic disorders d. adolescence

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