(1) Decide which of the following concepts are most applicable to each scenario:
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(1) Decide which of the following concepts are most applicable to each scenario: differential reinforcement of other behavior, avoidance contingency, punishment by prevention of reinforcer, punishment by loss of reinforcer, or avoidance of loss.
Sally, a 13-year-old teenager, is tired of having her mom nag her about her bedroom. Her mom nags about the clothes on the floor, the bed being unmade, and the trashcan spilling over in her bathroom. Sally comes home from school in a bad mood and the last thing she wants to hear is her mom’s nagging voice. To get around the expected response from her mom, she cleans her room, makes her bed, and empties her trashcan.
Explanation / Answer
1) Answer - Avoidance Contingency
Avoidance and escape learning are are concepts of operant conditioning. Avoidance learning involves performing a certain behavior in order to avoid aversive consequence. Here, she wants to avoid the nagging of her mother, in order to do that she cleans up the room, so that the aversive stumulus (nagging) is avoided.
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