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tiara099

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on: Jun 22, 2018
Though easily confused, negative reinforcement and punishment are quite different. With negative reinforcement, behavior __________ when the aversive stimulus is ____________, and with punishment, behavior __________ when the aversive stimulus is ________
 
  a. increases; removed; increases; introduced
  b. increases; removed; decreases; introduced
  c. decreases; removed; increases; introduced
  d. decreases; introduced; increases; removed

Question 2

Mary and Jim took their two-year-old to the supermarket this past week. For more than an hour all Little Jimmy did was yell and scream because in the past this would have obtained him an ice cream cone. Jim managed to ignore him. Finally, Little Jimmy sto
 
  a. shaping
  b. extinction
  c. punishment
  d. token economy


juicepod

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Reply #1 on: Jun 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Answer: b.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: b.


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