Question

According to skinner, when you take an aspirin for your headache, taking the aspirin is ________ whereas the headache is ________. a positive reinforcer; an operant an operant; a negative reinforcer an operant; a positive reinforcer a negative reinforcer; an operant an operant; negative punishment

Answer 1

We will anaylze this scenario with the help of operant conditioning, which is a type of learning in which behavior is strengthened if followed by a reinforcer or diminished if followed by a punisher. Reinforcer is any event that strengthens the behavior it follows.

Skinner states that "Beahvior is determined and controlled by the stimuli that are present in a given situation"

According to Skinner, when you take an aspirin for your headache, taking the aspirin is a negative reinforcer whereas the headache is an operant.