Question

Miguel has been unable to sleep for the past one week. his wife gives him a vitamin pill and tells him that it will help him sleep at night. the next morning, miguel is thrilled because he has slept better than ever before. in this scenario, miguel’s response to the vitamin can be attributed to

Answer 1

Reinforcing stimulus in the Psychology is the answer. Miguel believed that the pill which his wife gave him was a sleep-inducing pill and this enabled his brain to believe that he will have a good sleep tonight. This led to relaxing of Miguel's mind and body, and thus, his better sleep.