Luna Is Given a Demerit Every Time She Is Caught

question 25

Multiple Choice

Luna is given a demerit every time she is caught daydreaming in class.What operant technique is her teacher using?

• A)Negative reinforcement
• B)Punishment
• C)Aversive conditioning
• D)Behavioral manipulation

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Definitions:

Forgetting

The loss of information from long-term memory, often considered a normal process due to various factors like interference, decay, or retrieval failure.

Classical Conditioning

a learning process that occurs when two stimuli are repeatedly paired; a response that is initially elicited by the second stimulus is eventually elicited by the first stimulus alone.

Extinction

In psychology, the gradual weakening and disappearance of a conditioned response when the conditioned stimulus is no longer paired with the unconditioned stimulus.

CS (Conditioned Stimulus)

An initially neutral stimulus that, after being associated with an unconditioned stimulus, eventually comes to trigger a conditioned response.