AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Negative reinforcement is a method that can be used to help teach specific behaviors. With negative reinforcement, something uncomfortable or otherwise unpleasant is taken away in response to a stimulus. Over time, the target behavior should increase with the expectation that the unpleasant thing will be taken away.

Detailed explanation-2: -Negative reinforcement increases the target behavior by taking away something aversive. Negative punishment decreases the target behavior by taking away something preferred.

Detailed explanation-3: -Many people confuse negative reinforcement with punishment in operant conditioning, but they are two very different mechanisms. Remember that reinforcement, even when it is negative, always increases a behavior. In contrast, punishment always decreases a behavior.

Detailed explanation-4: -Which of the following is true of negative reinforcers? They increase the probability that a behavior will occur when the reinforcers are removed.