When You Add or Remove a Stimulus After a Behavior

question 58

Multiple Choice

When you add or remove a stimulus after a behavior and the result is a decrease in that behavior, you have used ________.

• A) a negative operant
• B) punishment
• C) negative reinforcement
• D) a discriminative stimulus

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Definitions:

Impulse Control

The ability to resist or delay an impulse, drive, or temptation to act.

Psychoanalytic Theory

Originated by Sigmund Freud, this theory focuses on the influence of the unconscious mind on behavior, emphasizing childhood experiences and sexual drives.

Sublimation

A defense mechanism where socially unacceptable impulses or idealizations are unconsciously converted into socially acceptable actions or behavior.

Id

In psychoanalytic theory, the part of the mind in which innate instinctive impulses and primary processes are manifest.