Girls in a group home receive three tokens at the end of the day. They get one if they have completed their homework, one for co
mpleting chores, and one for cooperating with others. If they swear at or hit a staff member or one of the other girls, they lose a token. If they earn twelve or more tokens by Friday, they may trade them in to go out to the movies or out to eat. What operant conditioning techniques are in use here?
The correct answer would be - behavior modification
a token economy
negative punishment
positive reinforcement.
Explanation:
Behavior modification is the process in which one gets to change by positive and negative reinforcement.
In this case, the staff trying to establish behavior modification by the positive and negative reinforcement with the token as economy. If girls get token it is due to positive reinforcement and loosing by doing any misbehave is negative reinforcement.
Thus, the correct answer is - behavior modification, a token economy positive reinforcement and negative reinforcement.
