Devon is driving his brand new car, sees a red light, and "hits" the gas (that is, he speedsthrough the red light). Devon's car
is hit. Devon is fine, but his brand new car is dented. In the future, under similar conditions, Devon no longer speeds up when he sees a red light. Antecedent: Sees red light. Behavior: "Hits the gas" (that is, speeds up). Consequence: Car crash. Which operation best describes this scenario?Selected Answer: c. Positive punishment.Answers: a. Positive reinforcement.b. Negative reinforcement.c. Positive punishment.
Positive punishment is used to decrease the probability to occur an unwanted behavior. Whenever positive punishment used people think that there is something wrong or harmful but exactly its not there. This procedure can be used with mentally challenged and normal children, adults, animals, and different psychological disorders. There are two types of punishment
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<u>Positive Punishment:
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The works presenting by negative consequences after doing undesired behavior are displayed, for making the behavior less likely happened in the future positive punishment given .
Operant-conditioning is the process by which a response becomes more likely to occur or less so, depending on its consequences. Shaping is an operant-conditioning procedure in which successive approximations of a desired response are reinforced. shaping spontaneous recovery stimulus generalization stimulus discrimination . This process of establishing a behavior was first developed and used by B.F Skinner,
