AP Question 4

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<p>Soz for too many Psychology questions.</p>

<p>Elizabeth picks up the clothes from her bedroom floor and puts them away to avoid her mothers repeated nagging. Elizabeth’s behavior is being influenced by</p>

<p>(C) negative reinforcement</p>

<p>Hmm, I thought punishment because nagging/scolding would be considered that. My prep book gives an example of negative reinforcement: “buying a child candy so that she will stop crying”. I really don’t see how that’s similar to Elizabeth’s case.</p>

<p>Thanks.</p>

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<p>well it’s reinforcement, because it’s something that will help her remember in the future to repeat that action (picking up the clothes). any behavior that increases the probability of repeating a good action is reinforcement, whereas any behavior that decreases the probability of repeating some action is punishment.</p>