AP PSYCHOLOGY

LEARNING

OPERANT CONDITIONING

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
A father is frustrated because his 3-year-old daughter has started to spit frequently. He has decided to temporarily put one of her toys away each time she spits. He is going to continue doing this until she has stopped spitting. His plan uses
A
positive reinforcement
B
negative reinforcement
C
positive punishment
D
negative punishment
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Water, food, sleep, shelter, sex, and touch, among others, are primary reinforcers. Pleasure is also a primary reinforcer.

Detailed explanation-2: -insight learning: The process of mentally working through a problem until the sudden realization of a solution occurs. observational learning: Learning by observing and imitating the behavior of others (also called vicarious learning or modeling).

Detailed explanation-3: -Secondary reinforcers are also called conditioned reinforcers and do not occur naturally and need to be learned. Money is an example of a secondary reinforcer. Money helps reinforce behaviors because it can be used to acquire primary reinforcers such as food, clothing, and shelter (among other things).

Detailed explanation-4: -Stimulus discrimination occurs when the organism learns to differentiate between the CS and other similar stimuli.

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