An Environmental Group Wants to Place an Additional Display on the Dashboard

question 66

Multiple Choice

An environmental group wants to place an additional display on the dashboard of sport utility vehicles that tells drivers exactly how much money they are spending per mile.This would be an example of

• A) changing long-term consequences with technology.
• B) highlighting selfish motivations.
• C) immediately punishing undesirable behavior.
• D) bringing future negative consequences to the present.

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Definitions:

Termination

The process of ending or conclusion, often used in the context of psychotherapy to describe the conclusion of treatment.

Punisher

An aversive stimulus used in behavior modification to decrease the likelihood of a behavior reoccurring.

Aversive Stimulus

An aversive stimulus is any unpleasant or noxious event that induces a negative response in an organism, used to modify behavior.

Antecedent

An event or environment that triggers a response or behavior, often used in the study of behavior and learning.