Question

Danielle, age 14, dislikes school. Her parents were recently informed that Danielle has missed twelve days of school this quarter and has left school early on at least four occasions. Danielle’s father has decided to drop his daughter off every morning and pick her up every afternoon to make sure she is attending school. Danielle is now attending school, but she has gotten into serious trouble on multiple occasions, leading to a five-day out-of-school suspension. Since Danielle dislikes school and prefers to skip rather than attend, the out-of-school suspension represents a:____________.

a) norm
b) conditioner.
c) punishment.
d) reinforcement

Answer 1

Answer:

d. reinforcement                                                              

Explanation:

Reinforcement: In psychology, the term reinforcement refers to the phenomenon of strengthening of a particular stimulus to increase the probability or likelihood of a particular response.

Example: A girl gets a new dress whenever she performs well in her studies.

Reinforcement is of two different types including the negative reinforcement and the positive reinforcement.

In the question above, the given statement signifies the reinforcement.