Dominique, age 14, dislikes school. Her parents were recently informed that Dominique has missed 12 days of school this quarter
and has left school early on at least four occasions. Dominique's father has decided to drop his daughter off every morning and pick her up every afternoon to make sure she is attending school. Dominique is now attending school, but she has gotten into serious trouble on multiple occasions, leading to a five-day out-of-school suspension. Since Dominique dislikes school and prefers to skip rather than attend, the out-of-school suspension represents a _____.
Explanation: In the field of psychology, a reinforcement is a positive or negative stimulus that increases the hypothesis if a certain conduct happens again in the future. When a child is rewarded with a chocolate for having good notes at school, the treat serves as reinforcement.
Explanation: Reinforcement theory propose that you can change someone's behaviour by using reward, punishment, and extinction. Rewards are used to reinforce the behavior you want and punishments are used to prevent the behavior you do not want. Extinction is a means to stop someone from performing a learned behavior. In the case of Dominique, punishment is the form of reinforcement employed. By giving her a out of school suspension, a negative consequence is imposed to reduce and discourage Dominiques undesirable behavior.
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