Question

molly catches her dog chewing on her favorite slippers. molly swats the dog on the nose so that it will not slippers again. which type of operant conditioning in occurring in the scenario? a. positive reinforcement b. negative reinforcement c. positive punishment d. negative punishment please select the best answer from the choices provided

Explanation:

• Positive reinforcement adds a pleasant stimulus to increase a behavior. Here, Molly is not adding a pleasant thing.
• Negative reinforcement removes an unpleasant stimulus to increase a behavior. Molly is not removing an unpleasant thing to increase a behavior.
• Positive punishment adds an unpleasant stimulus (Molly swatting the dog on the nose) to decrease a behavior (chewing slippers). This matches the scenario.
• Negative punishment removes a pleasant stimulus to decrease a behavior. Molly is not removing a pleasant thing.

Answer:

C. positive punishment