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Esperanza screams when she gets upset, and her father wants her to stop screaming. Father gives Esperanza a stern look the next time she shrieks, which makes her get quiet very suddenly. What is this an example of?

1). Positive Reinforcement
2). Negative Reinforcement
3). Punishment
4). Threatning

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I'd say its an example of threatening..
User Rotsen
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The negative look stops the behavior in the short run. So it is punished I think, but at the same time punishment is not known for being a long standing solution. As in the behavior will stop for a short time until Esperanza expects it.

In summary it will lose its power of stopping the behavior once expected.
But that is simply a guess.

If you are looking for an overall explanation.

Rationale:
+reinforce --> no bc it is not increasing the behavior.

- reinforcement is when something is removed that increases the behavior, I think.

- punishment is something out side of the situation.
- such as Pavlov non connected

- yes it is threatening, but that may not explain the behavior connection?

-I would verify this with research, but apparently that is against the rules?
User Vladimir Ramik
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