Jahmar Alston
UNIT 1 DB
Aspect of Psychology

Negative reinforcement is the reinforcing of a response by giving an aversive stimulus when the response is not made and omitting the aversive stimulus when the response is made. An example would be that you leave your house early to avoid getting stuck in traffic to avoid being late for work. Positive reinforcement is the offering of desirable effects or consequences for a behavior with the intention of increasing the chance of that behavior being repeated in the future. An example would be, even though the girl was very scared of shot, she took it and got better in time for the school dance. Negative punishment occurs when a desired stimulus is removed. An example would be getting too many driving tickets, so officer takes your driver licenses away. Positive punishment occurs when a negative consequence is applied in response to an undesired behavior. An example would be if Johnny has a problem with studying because he loves to play video games. He decides that if does not study he wouldn’t get to play his games until he gets it done.
When people unknowingly reinforce undesirable behaviors, they often act on it when they are young. For example, the child is in a grocery store with its mother and wants a snack. The mother says no and the child starts to cry and act out in front of all the other customers and employees. The mother gets the snack for the child as an offering to be quite and the kid ends up getting what he or she wants after you told them no. A way you could avoid this situation is by telling the child that you have snacks at home and that you could eat it when you get there. That answer would calm them down and save you from spending any money. Based on what I’ve learned from rewarding behaviors, I would use negative punishment. If the kid keeps bringing in late work and see that he is