Question

A therapist indicates that a client no longer has to record his daily activities if he can maintain a sober lifestyle. This is an example of positive reinforcement negative reinforcement extinction punishment

Answer 1

The answer is positive reinforcement.

Step-by-step explanation:

The process of recording all the daily activities helps the patient to create conscience of what he does and how these actions could potentially develop situations where the, in this case, drinking problem could come back. After a time doing it, the person creates this conscience without the need of recording it, and the therapist highlights this fact by allowing the patient to stop recording his daily activities.

Answer 2

Positive Reinforcement

Step-by-step explanation:

Positive reinforcement refers to the introduction of a desirable stimulus after a behavior. The desirable stimulus reinforces the behavior, making it more likely that the behavior will reoccur.

Positive reinforcement is usually introduced to encourage certain behavior.

positive reinforcement refers to introducing a desirable stimulus (i.e a reward) to encourage the behavior that is desired. Positive reinforcement adds a desirable stimulus to the situation.

The therapist wants to encourage soberness in his client, hence, he rewarded the client by telling him not to record his daily activities if he can maintain a sober lifestyle

Types of positive reinforcement

1) Natural reinforcers: reinforcers that occur directly as a result of the behavior.

2) Token reinforcers: those that are awarded for performing certain behaviors and can be exchanged for something of value.

3)Social reinforcers: those that involve others expressing their approval of a behavior.

4)Tangible reinforcers: reinforcers that are actual physical or tangible rewards.