You want to stop your cat from clawing your new sofa by spraying a stream of water on the cat as punishment for clawing the furniture. If you are to be successful, you must: A. use intermittent punishment by spraying the cat every now and then B. spray the cat every time he begins to claw the sofa C. spray the cat until soaking wet and hating you D. take the cat to each claw mark and then spray it hours later

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Marquise Hunter

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You want to stop your cat from clawing your new sofa by spraying a stream of water on the cat as punishment for clawing the furniture. If you are to be successful, you must: A. use intermittent punishment by spraying the cat every now and then B. spray the cat every time he begins to claw the sofa C. spray the cat until soaking wet and hating you D. take the cat to each claw mark and then spray it hours later

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Macy Pearson · Answer 1

B. spray the cat every time he begins to claw the sofa

Explanation:

Spraying the cat with water is not liked by a cat as they do not like water. If the cat is sprayed every time he begins to claw the sofa then the cat will make the connection that after doing that particular activity he gets punished.

This is known as punishment when an activity or habit is reduced by the introduction of an undesirable stimulus.

Hence, the question is referring to B. spray the cat every time he begins to claw the sofa.

Tyler Mosley · Answer 2

Answer: spray the cat every time he begins to claw the sofa.

Explanation: Spraying the cat everytime he claws the sofa will make the cat stop the act.

The act of spraying water on the cat can be termed operant conditioning in which negative act are punished.

Spraying water on the cat is seen as punishment. And in operant conditioning, negative behaviours are punished to stop or decrease the behaviour. Over time, the cat will get to know that clawing the sofa is negative and will stop the behaviour.