A harsh and strict teacher makes students feel bad. Students associate going to school with the harsh teacher and learn to feel bad about going to school. - classical conditioning, Reinforcement ___________ a target behavior. - increases, Punishment _______________ a target behavior. - decreases, The purpose of reinforcement is to - cause a behavior to continue., Laurie's thumb sucking has become habitual because she begins to feel less anxious whenever she sucks her thumb. This best illustrates the process of - operant conditioning, The psychologist most closely associated with the study of operant conditioning was - B. F. Skinner, An event that increases the frequency of the behavior that it follows is a(n) - reinforcer, The more often Matthew is scolded following a temper tantrum, the more frequently he loses his temper. In this case, the scolding serves as a ________ for Matthew's temper tantrums. - positive reinforcer, Closing your bedroom door so that you won't hear the TV that is interfering with your studying is an example of - negative reinforcement, An event that decreases the behavior that precedes it is a - punishment, When 4-year-old Michael hit his sister, his Mom placed him in a time-out by having him stand in a corner for 4 minutes. A time-out is considered to be - negative punishment, A young child who is spanked after running into the street learns not to repeat this behavior. In this case, the spanking is a - positive punishment, For purposes of effective child-rearing, most psychologists favor the use of - reinforcement over punishment, Punishment is a potentially hazardous way for teachers to control young children's behaviors because - the use of punishment could condition children to fear and avoid school, The introduction of a pleasant stimulus is to ________ as the withdrawal of a pleasant stimulus is to ________. - reinforcement; punishment,

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