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Briefly explain how the concepts below could be used to help a child stop throwing temper tantrums.

- Extinction (operant conditioning)
- Positive reinforcement
- Modeling
- Negative reinforcement
- Shaping
- Extinction (classical conditioning)

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Extinction could be used to stop the temper tantrum by removing the reinforcement. Without the reinforcement, eventually the behavior should decrease.


Positive reinforcement can help because it could be used to encourage behaviors that replace tantrums.


Modeling can help because the child might lean to avoid temper tantrums through modeling or observational learning.




Negative reinforcement could help because if the child protests and whines and the parent gives in, the child then stops crying and whining.




Shaping could help because shaping is when a parent or other adult could gradually shape the child's negative behavior toward desired behaviors be rewarding successive approximations.




Classical conditioning can help because it removes the reinforcement.
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