Multiple Choice
Threats of severe punishment are NOT likely to change behaviors in the absence of the person who punishes, because such severe threats provide __________.
A) external justification for halting the undesirable behavior
B) sufficient internal justification for halting the undesirable behavior
C) a means to justify the problem behavior
D) a large amount of cognitive dissonance
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