A Child Is Punished and Temporarily Stops His or Her

Multiple Choice

A child is punished and temporarily stops his or her well-established bad behavior. However, the child soon goes back to acting badly. This is probably because __________

A) the effects of punishment have habituated.
B) punishment is known only to temporarily suppress or inhibit a behavior.
C) the bad behavior has spontaneously recovered.
D) the conditional emotional response to the punishment has generalized to another behavior.