Question

Mr. and Mrs. Jones are having a heated argument that both are finding very unpleasant. Mrs. Jones gets up and leaves the room, closing the door behind her. This has the effect of terminating the argument. From then on, every time Mr. Jones raises his voice, Mrs/ Jones leaves the room. Mr. Jones stops raising his voice. Mr. Jones stops raising his voice because of

Answer 1

Mr. Jones stops raising his voice because of Operant conditioning.

What is operant conditioning? How Mrs. Jones shows it here?

Operant conditioning is a kind of learning, through which the particular behavior can be reduced or decreased by removing the negative outcome.

Mrs. Jones, here is following the operant conditioning as she closed the door and ends up the argument voluntarily. Due to which, Mr. Jones stops raising his voice.

So, the principle of negative reinforcement has been followed here.

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