In her recent book a psychologist described several cases that exhibit the following pattern: A child, denied something by its parent, initiates problematic behavior such as screaming; the behavior escalates until finally the exasperated parent acquiesces to the child' s demand. At this point the child, having obtained the desired goal, stops the problematic behavior, to the parent' s relief. This self-reinforcing pattern of misbehavior and accommodation is repeated with steadily increasing levels of misbehavior by the child. The cases described by the psychologist illustrate each of the following generalizations EXCEPT: ["Parents, by their choices, can inadvertently increase their child's level of misbehavior.", 'A child can develop problematic behavior patterns as a result of getting what it wants.', "A child can unintentionally influence a parent's behavior in ways contrary to the child's intended goals.", "A child can get what it wants by doing what its parent doesn't want it to do."]