Decide which of the following concepts are most applicable to each scenario: dif

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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.

Defend your answer 175 words each, using citations as needed.

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

In the above scenario, Sally has an experience of her mother nagging in the past. Her mother nags because she always leave her clothes on the floor, doesn’t make her bed and doesn’t empty the bathroom trash, which will cause garbage to spill over onto the floor. As she is in her bad mood, she did not want t hear nything from her mom.

To avoid the nagging response from her mom, Sally chooses to clean her room, make her bed and empty the bathroom garbage. This behavior is an example of Avoidance Contingency as Sally learned that she could prevent the aversive stimulus simply by cleaning her room, making her bed, picking up the clothes and emptying the trash can. Once Sally learns that she can avoid the stimulus by changing her behaviors, this reinforces her to change the unwanted behavior.

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