GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD
OPERANT CONDITIONING
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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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 raised 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: -The correct answer is: d) elimination of pain after taking an aspirin. A negative reinforcement increases the likelihood of a desired behavior by taking away something unpleasable.
Detailed explanation-2: -Giving a pass to the car behind to avoid its honking. Getting up from the bed to avoid the noisy alarm. Taking an antacid before having a spicy meal. Applying sunscreen before heading to the beach to avoid getting sunburned.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -Negative reinforcement occurs when aversive or unpleasant events are taken away after the performance of a behavior.