When Aggression Stops an Undesired Outcome or Prevents It Altogether

question 119

Multiple Choice

When aggression stops an undesired outcome or prevents it altogether, the aggressive behavior will increase in the future through the process of

• A) positive reinforcement.
• B) negative reinforcement.
• C) positive punishment.
• D) negative punishment.

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Definitions:

Respondent Behavior

A type of behavior that occurs as an automatic response to a specific stimulus, often reflexive and not under conscious control, such as knee-jerk reactions.

Shaping

A method of teaching new behaviors by rewarding successive approximations of the target behavior.

Reinforcement

In psychology, a stimulus or event that follows a behavior and increases the likelihood of that behavior being repeated.

Shaping

A method of operant conditioning where successive approximations of a desired behavior are reinforced until the exact behavior is achieved.