Question

In an effort to get him to clean his bedroom, Zack's mother gave him a gold star every time he cleaned it. Each time he earned five stars, he was able to trade them in for a new toy. Now his room is usually clean. In this case, Zack’s mother has used _____.

A. a psychodynamic technique
B.token economies
C. unconditional positive regard
D. cognitive flooding

Answer 1

Answer:B.token economies

Step-by-step explanation:

Token economy refers to giving someone a reward with an aim of encouragement and enhancement of a desired behavior. This token economy comes in form of tokens , food, stickers and any other rewards that are meant to improve a positive behavior. Parents can use token economy and it is also used by teachers in schools to encourage good performance from teh students. The ideas of a token economy is to reinforce the positive behavior. Just as we see how Zack mom rewards him with stickers for cleaning his room and as a result he keeps cleaning his room consistently.