Aiden Has Moved Several Times During His College Years and Afterward

question 133

Multiple Choice

Aiden has moved several times during his college years and afterward. Some of his moves have been to enter or end a love relationship, and others have been to get closer to jobs. Aiden is displaying the characteristic of emerging adulthood Jeffrey Arnett described as:

• A) feeling in-between stages.
• B) self-focused.
• C) instability and identity exploration.
• D) possibilities and transformations.

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Definitions:

Positive Punishment

Adding an unfavorable outcome or event following an undesired behavior to decrease the likelihood of that behavior happening in the future.

Negative Punishment

The removal of a desirable stimulus following a behavior, intended to decrease the likelihood of that behavior occurring again.

Operant Conditioning

A method of learning that occurs through rewards and punishments for behavior, influencing the probability of behavior being repeated.

Classical Conditioning

A method of learning that happens when an environmental trigger is associated with a naturally existing stimulus, yielding a trained reaction.