LEARNING
OPERANT CONDITIONING
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Question
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variable interval
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negative reinforcement
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Positive reinforcement
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punishment
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Detailed explanation-1: -Have your kids ever cleaned their room, just to avoid your nagging? This is a perfect example of negative reinforcement. Negative reinforcement occurs when something unpleasant or uncomfortable is removed or taken away in order to increase the likelihood of the desired behavior.
Detailed explanation-2: -Removal of Homework One of the most effective examples of negative reinforcement in schools could be removing homework in response to a great work ethic. If a child works very hard one day in school and goes above and beyond, an appropriate response to that would be to give that child a night off from homework.
Detailed explanation-3: -At dinner time, a child pouts and refuses to eat her vegetables for dinner. Her parents quickly take the offending veggies away. Since the behavior (pouting) led to the removal of the aversive stimulus (the veggies), this is an example of negative reinforcement.