Question

When Dawn wants something, she yells out to her mother from the other side of the house, rather than going to where her mother is. Her mother usually goes to Dawn and gives her what she requested. One day, Dawn’s mother stops responding to Dawn when she yells from the other side of the house. Dawn then yells louder and longer, but after several days, Dawn no longer yells out to her mother from the other side of the house. Two weeks later, the behavior was back; Dawn again yelled out to her mother from another room. However, the mother does not respond.Dawns mother is using:1. Satiation2. Response cost3. Extinction4. Punishment

Answer 1

Answer: The answer is option B, response cost. Response cost is the removal of reinforcement for a particular undesired behavior or habit. It is sometimes identified as a firm if negative punishment.

Explanation: The undesirable behavior here is Dawn's habit of screaming to her Mom. And having had enough of it, her mom decides to nip the situation in the bud by not answering (which is the response cost) so that Dawn would seize to continue with the habit.