You travel to the office of B.F.Skinner.You ask him how he thinks you can stop your bad habit of biting your nails.What does he suggest you do

A) Scare yourself with stories about terrible illnesses and infections caused by nail-biting.
B) Paint a vomit-inducing polish on your nails so you will learn to associate nail-biting with vomiting.
C) Reward yourself every time you make it a week without biting your nails.
D) Think about the reason why you bite your nails and work to correct that instead.

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Jeremy Stanton · Accepted Answer

Final Answer : C, Explanation :  Skinner is known for his work on operant conditioning, which is a type of learning that involves rewarding or punishing behaviors to increase or decrease their frequency. In this case, Skinner would suggest rewarding yourself every time you make it a week without biting your nails. This would help you to associate not biting your nails with positive reinforcement, which would make you more likely to continue the behavior.

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