Consider a mother who slaps her son whenever he engages in aggression. If negative reinforcement is responsible for her behavior, what likely happens after she slaps him?
a. He ignores her.
b. He slaps her back.
c. He behaves more aggressively.
d. He behaves less aggressively.
Question 2
The only way that Britney can get her husband to stop leaving his dirty socks on the kitchen table is to pinch him every time he does it. Britney's aggressive behavior is perpetuated through the idea of
a. positive reinforcement.
b. negative reinforcement.
c. positive punishment.
d. negative punishment.
Water potentials decrease (become more negative) as one moves from soil to plant to atmosphere
negative feedback loop
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A mother dies, a father loses his leg—such calamities shattered poor urban families. Orphaned street
Negative feedback control of a regulated variable.
Suppressing Negative Emotions