CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -There is an unpleasant condition (getting rained on), you perform the behavior of obtaining an umbrella and opening it over your head, and you escape the rain. This is in most textbooks as a classic example of negative reinforcement.

Detailed explanation-2: -Examples of negative reinforcement For example: You take prescribed medication so health symptoms go away. You let the car tailgating you pass so they stop honking. You get out of bed so your alarm stops ringing.

Detailed explanation-3: -Both escape and avoidance are types of negative reinforcement, both result in an increase of the behavior that terminated or avoided the aversive stimulus.

Detailed explanation-4: -In negative reinforcement you are taking away an undesirable stimulus in order to increase the frequency of a certain behavior (e.g., buckling your seat belt stops the annoying beeping sound in your car and increases the likelihood that you will wear your seatbelt).

Detailed explanation-5: -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.