Question

To deal with 4-year-old anne's temper tantrums at home and preschool, the behavior therapist trained anne's parents and her preschool teachers to modify the problem behavior by using _____ and _____, which are two techniques based on operant conditioning. punishment; conditional acceptance unconditional acceptance; empathic understanding extinction; positive reinforcement counterconditioning; systematic desensitization

Answer 1

Positive reinforcement and punishment. In operant conditioning, there are 4 types of consequences that are used to modify behavior: reinforcement (positive and negative) and punishment (positive and negative). Reinforcement is used to increase the frequency of a behavior; punishment is used to reduce the frequency.