Question

Barney is a somewhat distractible second-grade student who finds schoolwork a bit boring. After a couple of minutes of working silently, Barney often starts to misbehave until his teacher, Ms. Skinner, calls his name and scolds him. However, he enjoys this attention from her and continues to misbehave. With respect to Barney’s misbehavior, Ms. Skinner’s attention serves as:________________________.

A. Punishment
B. Reinforcement
C. Stimulus
D. Ratio

Answer 1

Answer: B. Reinforcement

Explanation:In behavioral psychology, reinforcement is a consequence applied that will strengthen an organism's future behavior whenever that behavior is preceded by a specific antecedent stimulus.

This reinforcement is gotten from the attention Ms skinner gives barney