What are the differences between negative reinforcement, punishment, and extinction?
What will be an ideal response?
Negative reinforcement increases the frequency of a behavior (by taking away something aversive). Punishment and extinction both decrease the frequency of behavior: Punishment, through application of something aversive; extinction, through lack of reinforcement.
Psychology
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a. chemistry b. botany c. biology d. sociology e. geology
Psychology
The greatest amount of research supports the notion of ________ over the notion of ________
a. complementarity; similarity b. propinquity; similarity c. similarity; complementarity d. mere exposure; similarity
Psychology