Who Is Most Likely to Enhance and Protect His/her Personal

question 36

Multiple Choice

Who is most likely to enhance and protect his/her personal self esteem?

• A) a Canadian citizen
• B) a Chinese citizen
• C) a Japanese citizen
• D) All these people are equally likely to enhance and protect their personal self-esteem.

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Definitions:

Negative Reinforcement

Increasing behaviors by stopping or reducing aversive stimuli. A negative reinforcer is any stimulus that, when removed after a response, strengthens the response. (Note: Negative reinforcement is not punishment.)

Punishment

An event that tends to decrease the behavior that it follows.

Positive Punishment

An operant conditioning principle where a response is followed by a stimulus, leading to a decrease in the likelihood of that response occurring in the future.

Negative Reinforcer

A stimulus whose removal or avoidance following a behavior increases the likelihood of that behavior being repeated in the future.