Whenever Jan Tries to Talk on the Telephone, Her Five-Year-Old

Multiple Choice

Whenever Jan tries to talk on the telephone, her five-year-old daughter, Isabel, repeatedly interrupts her. If Jan wants to use the strategy of reinforcing the nonoccurrence of the problem behavior, she should:

A) politely ask Isabel to please stop interrupting her every time the bad behavior occurs.
B) send Isabel to a corner every time she interrupts Jan while she is on the phone.
C) reward Isabel for not interrupting her during a phone call.
D) tell her friend that she will call her back, and immediately attend to whatever it is that Isabel wants.