What is negative reinforcement and what effect does it have on behavior?
What will be an ideal response?
Negative reinforcement: Refers to the removal of a negative stimulus following a response. Because the state of the organism is moved in a positive direction (from unpleasant to neutral), it is reinforcing. Thus, the tendency to make the response increases.
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A. linguistic B. interpersonal C. naturalistic D. bodily-kinesthetic
Based on Shepard and Metzler's research on mental rotation, which of the following
statements is TRUE? a. Humans are not very accurate in judging whether pairs of geometrical shapes are the same or different. b. Decision times decreased when one of the shapes was rotated. c. The rotation of one of the shapes produced more correct answers than rotation of the other shape. d. As the degree of rotation of the shapes increased, decision times increased. e. The degree of rotation had no effect on decision time; only the difference in size affected decision time.