When grocery shopping with his mother,4-year-old Hakim sometimes throws temper tantrums if his mother refuses his requests for a particular snack food.Parent-training experts would suggest that his mother should
A) threaten to punish Hakim if he continues his tantrums.
B) offer to buy the snack food Hakim wants only if he quiets down and behaves himself.
C) continue shopping while ignoring Hakim's tantrums.
D) return any snack foods that are already in her cart to the store shelves.

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Ignoring the tantrums can help diminish the behavior over time, as it teaches the child that tantrums are not an effective way to get what they want. This approach is based on the principle that behaviors that are not reinforced (in this case, by attention or getting the desired item) will eventually decrease.

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