Alexis, a 6-year old, really wants to eat a cookie out of the cookie jar. However, she remembers how mad her mother got at her w
hen she ate a cookie right before dinner last week and she starts to feel anxiety. In the end, Alexis decides not to eat the cookie because she knows it is wrong. This is an example of ________ conditioning.
The options for this question are missing. The options are:
a.anxiety conditioning.
b.operant conditioning.
c.reward conditioning.
d.avoidance conditioning
In psychology and conditioning, avoidance conditioning refers to the learning that occurs when the person learns some behavior because it prevents the appearance of some negative stimulus. In other words they behave in order to avoid a punishment or a negative feeling.
In this example, Alexis wants to eat a cookie out of the cookie jar but she remembers how mad her mother got at her when she did so last week and she feels anxious so she doesn't eat the cookie this time. <u>Alexis is behaving in order to avoid a negative stimulus (her mom getting angry at her)</u> and thus this is an example of avoidance conditioning.
