Reinforcement and Punishment Answers

Both positive and negative reinforcement serve to strengthen wanted behavior.

Read the scenario below and answer the question that follows.Molly catches her dog chewing on her favorite slippers. Molly swats the dog on the nose so that it will not chew her slippers again.Which type of operant conditioning in occurring in the scenario?A.positive reinforcementB.negative reinforcementC.positive punishmentD.negative punishment

Positive punishment occurs when a pleasant stimulus is removed after demonstration of a behavior.