Question

provide an example of the following....be specific
a. negative punishment
b. negative reinforcement
c. fixed - interval schedule of reinforcement
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Explanation:

• Negative punishment: Removing a desired stimulus to decrease a behavior. For example, if a child misbehaves in school (behavior), the teacher takes away their recess time (removal of a desired stimulus - recess). The idea is that the child will be less likely to misbehave in the future to avoid losing recess.
• Negative reinforcement: Removing an aversive stimulus to increase a behavior. Consider a person who has a headache (aversive stimulus). They take a pain - reliever (behavior). When the pain - reliever works and the headache goes away (removal of the aversive stimulus - headache), they are more likely to take the pain - reliever again in the future when they have a headache.
• Fixed - interval schedule of reinforcement: Reinforcing a behavior after a fixed amount of time has passed. For instance, a factory worker is paid every two weeks (fixed interval - two weeks). The worker is more likely to continue working (behavior) because they know that after the two - week period, they will receive their paycheck (reinforcement - paycheck).

Answer:

a. A child misbehaves in school, so the teacher takes away recess (negative punishment example).
b. A person takes a pain - reliever to get rid of a headache (negative reinforcement example).
c. A factory worker is paid every two weeks (fixed - interval schedule of reinforcement example).