punishing a child’s misbehavior only occasionally when it occurs may mean that the behavior is actually being reinforced on a partial schedule because the child is able to ""get away"" with doing the behavior some of the time. this program of punishment would then have the result of making the

Misbehavior more resistant to extintion.

Explanation:

Punishing a child’s misbehavior only occasionally when it occurs may mean that the behavior is actually being reinforced on a partial schedule because the child is able to "get away" with doing the behavior some of the time. This program of punishment would then have the result of making the misbehavior more resistant to extinction. Extinction happens when a previously reinforced behavior is not reinforced any more. As the child's misbehavior is sometimes reinforced this program would result to be more resistant to extinction because in extinction there is NO possibility of reinforcement.