Question

Wilma and Fred want to teach Dino, their dog, to fetch the newspaper. Wilma wants to encourage Dino's behavior when he brings in the newspaper. Fred wants to discourage Dino's behavior when he brings in a stick instead. Wilma will most likely use ______, and Fred will most likely use ______.

Answer 1

Answer:

reinforcers, punishment

Explanation:

A reinforcer is something which would increase the chance of a behavior or reaction to occur.

Punishment is something that is designed to demotivate an organism to repeat an action.

Here, Wilma is encouraging Dino's behavior which means she is using reinforcers.

Fred is discouraging Dino's behavior which means he is using punishment.