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amal

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on: Jun 21, 2018
According to Skinner, parental disapproval of a child's behavior will:
 
  a. foster the child's hostility and aggression.
  b. inhibit the child's tendency to self-actualize.
  c. lead to the cessation of that behavior.
  d. reinforce the behavior.

Question 2

When Skinner withheld the reinforcers for rats in a Skinner box continuously, the rats:
 
  a. looked for food elsewhere in the box.
  c. eventually stopped pressing the lever.
  b. ran wildly around the box.
  d. did nothing.


lindahyatt42

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Reply #1 on: Jun 21, 2018
Answer to Question 1

ANS: C
FEEDBACK: As the infant grows, the positively reinforced behaviors, those of which the parents approve, will persist, whereas those of which the parents disapprove will be extinguished or discontinued.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: C
FEEDBACK: The rat's bar-pressing actions can be controlled by presenting or withholding the reinforcers or by presenting them at a different rate. Withholding the food extinguishes operant behavior. If the unreinforced behavior no longer works, in that it no longer brings a reward, after a while it will stop.


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