Question

When a stimulus is removed from a person or animal, resulting in a decrease in the probability of response, it is known as __________.

Answer 1

Answer:

Negative punishment.

Explanation:

As the exercise briefly describes, when a stimulus is removed from a person or animal, resulting in a decrease in the probability of response, it is known as negative punishment. In behavioral terms, positive means adding whereas negative means taking. The goal of punishment is to decrease a determined behavior. Therefore, if a person takes something good for example a dog's bone, when the dog behaves poorly, it will likely decrease this response. And, if the dog behaves well, and you give him the bone, this will make him tend to act like that.