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Chrome File Edit View History Bookmarks People Window Hel w Screen Shot 2017-10.)10 at 9.24.26 PM A boy's mother yelled at him to walk the dogs all afternoon. After he walked them, she stopped yelling at him. The boy now takes the dogs for a walk whenever his mother yells at him. 5. Define the terms positive reinforcement and negative reinforcement. 6. Define the terms positive punishment and negative punishment. 7. State whether the boy in the above example is experiencing positive reinforcement, negative reinforcement, positive punishment or negative punishment. Note: When defining the reinforcements and punishments, make sure to indicate whether it makes the behavior more or less likely to occur again. Read the Sample Assignment (click on Learning Assignment and click on the link to the Learning Assignment Sample.)

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8. The boy in this example is experiencing a negative reinforcement . Mother's yelling is the aversive stimulus ,to avoid this ,the boy takes the dog for walk.Here taking the dog for walk is the desired behavior ,that increases in response to avoid the aversive stimulus of mother's yelling.

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