PSYB45H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Reinforcement, Intellectual Disability, Bee Sting

43. I start yelling at my spouse. She picks up the frying pan and hits me on the head. Now I never yell at my spouse. My behavior decreasing is an example of a. positive reinforcement c. positive punishment b. negative reinforcement d. negative punishment

27. Which of the following is not a side effect of punishment? a. a general suppression of behavior. b. strong negative emotional responses. c. hostility toward the source of the punishment. d. a decrease in aggressive behavior.

36. A lawyer escapes an unhappy family situation by going to a tavern. Soon she is stopping by the tavern on her way home from work every day. Avoiding her family by going to the tavern is an example of behaviour maintained by A) punishment B) classical conditioning C) extinction D) positive reinforcement E) negative reinforcement