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GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD

OPERANT CONDITIONING

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A 2nd grade teacher implements a rule for some troublemakers in the class:students will lose 1 minute of recess every time he or she breaks a classroom rule. Eventually, the students stop breaking the classroom rules. This is an example of
A
negative punishment.
B
positive punishment.
C
positive reinforcement.
D
negative reinforcement.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -An example of positive reinforcement is: A child receives money for doing chores. Negative reinforcement is where instead of being rewarded with an item for making positive choices, and item or stimulus is removed after a specific behavior is shown.

Detailed explanation-2: -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.

Detailed explanation-3: -In negative punishment, you remove a pleasant stimulus to decrease a behavior. For example, when a child misbehaves, a parent can take away a favorite toy. In this case, a stimulus (the toy) is removed in order to decrease the behavior.

Detailed explanation-4: -A child is scolded (unpleasant event) for ignoring homework (undesirable behavior.) A parent gives a child a time-out (unpleasant consequence) for throwing tantrums (unwanted behavior.) The police gives a driver a ticket (unpleasant stimulus) for speeding (unwanted behavior.)

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