What Do Positive and Negative Reinforcement Have in Common

question 14

Multiple Choice

What do positive and negative reinforcement have in common?

• A)They both have aversive qualities.
• B)They both have pleasant qualities.
• C)They both lead to a decrease in response frequencies.
• D)They both lead to an increase in response frequencies.

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Definitions:

Running Speed

is the rate at which an individual or object moves across a distance, commonly measured in units of distance per time, such as meters per second.

Learned Helplessness

A state where an individual experiences feelings of being powerless, resulting from experiencing trauma or continuous lack of success.

Unavoidable Shocks

In psychological experiments, these are stress-inducing stimuli that the subject cannot escape, often used to study stress responses.

Seligman

A psychologist known for his research in the areas of learned helplessness, positive psychology, and the theory of well-being.