Question

Michael is busy with a work project that he brought home. His son wants him to put a movie in the DVD player. Michael tells him to wait 10 minutes; however, his son whines and complains so much that Michael decides to put the movie in right away. This BEST illustrates the value of _____ reinforcement

Answer 1

Negative reinforcement

Explanation:

Negative reinforcement is a process through which a person can teach a specific behavior. It is used with both humans as well as animals. In the negative reinforcement, something negative or unpleasant has been taken away in response to the stimuli. This phenomenon is described by B.F Skinner in his ope-rant conditioning. In this procedure a behavior came to be strengthened by omitting, stopping, avoiding a negative outcome. Commonly, we can say that negative reinforcement is just to remove something from the situation.

For example:

• Wet hands ( before)

• Rub hands in the towel ( behavior)

• Water goes out from the hands (after)