Question

In the context of operant conditioning, identify a true statement about negative reinforcement Group of answer choices It means following a behavior with the removal of something to increase the behavior in the future It involves presenting something that will increase the likelihood of a negative behavior’s recurrence It involves associating a positive behavior with a negative stimulus It means decreasing the frequency of a negative behavior

Answer 1

Answer:

In the context of operant conditioning, a true statement about negative reinforcement is:

A. it means following a behavior with the removal of something to increase the behavior in the future.

Explanation:

The ideas behind operant conditioning originated with American psychologist B. F. Skinner (1904-1990). In operant conditioning, rewards or punishments are used to either increase or decrease the repetition of a certain behavior.

Negative reinforcement is used to increase the recurrence of a behavior. It means an unpleasant outcome is removed. For instance, you tell your child that you will ground him if he eats cookies before dinner. He does not eat the cookies, so you do not ground him. Because he avoided the unpleasant outcome (being grounded), he is more likely to repeat the behavior of avoiding eating cookies before dinner in the future.