LEARNING
OPERANT CONDITIONING
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Question
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Teresa is scolded when she runs through the house yelling.
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Greg changes his math class so he doesn’t have to see his old girlfriend.
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Aditya is praised for having the best essay in class.
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Alex takes the wrong medicine and gets violently ill afterward.
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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: -Whenever a teacher threatens the punishment of failure, he is using Negative reinforcement. It involves the removal of aversive stimuli to reinforce the target behavior.
Detailed explanation-3: -Negative reinforcement occurs when aversive or unpleasant events are taken away after the performance of a behavior.
Detailed explanation-4: -A child screams whenever they’re offered macaroni and cheese at a meal. When they scream, their parents immediately take the food away. Each time macaroni and cheese is offered, the child’s tantrums increase and the parents give in.