Question

An infant learns that pulling her mother's hair causes her mother to make an amusing vocal sound. the mother's "ouch" can be considered a(n) ____________ for hair pulling.

Answer 1

The correct answer is the reinforcement for hair pulling. Reinforcement, in behavioral psychology, is defined as a process or consequence that reinforces or strengthens one’s behavior by which is being preceded by a stimulus that is considered to be a specific antecedent.