AP PSYCHOLOGY

LEARNING

OPERANT CONDITIONING

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Sam has his toys taken away because he pulled his dogs tail this would be an example of
A
Positive Reinforcement
B
Positive Punishment
C
Negative Reinforcement
D
Negative Punishment
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Many pet parents may not even know what negative reinforcement looks like when training a dog or puppy. Some examples of negative training include physical punishment, yelling, shock collars, use of squirt bottles and leash correction.

Detailed explanation-2: -One example of negative reinforcement is when the dog’s bottom is pushed to force the dog into a sit, and then released once the dog is in a sit. Assuming the behaviour of sitting goes up in frequency, the behaviour was negatively reinforced by the removal of the pressure on the dog’s rear end.

Detailed explanation-3: -Negative punishment is the opposite of positive punishment. It’s when you take something away from the child until the unwanted behavior changes. An easy example of negative punishment is taking away some sort of toy from the child if they are not staying on task or performing the preferred behavior.

Detailed explanation-4: -Using negative punishment. For example, if your dog paws at you to get your attention, if you completely ignore him, or even get up and leave the room, you’ve negatively punished the pawing behav-ior. Pawing causes your dog to lose the chance to get attention from you.

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