Question

Kedra has been talking to friend while someone else is presenting. Her parents told her that she would lose TV privileges if she did it again. Kendra did, and she lost TV privileges for a week. The next time it happened, she could not watch TV for two weeks. Now, Kendra doesn't chat while someone else is presenting. What psychological concept is at work here?
negative reinforcement
behavior training
cognitive development
operant conditioning

Answer 1

The answer is negative reinforcement. It is because negative reinforcement is where a particular behavior of a person is being stopped or being prevented in a way to prevent of producing an outcome that would likely be considered as negative. It could be seen above as Kendra avoids doing her used to behavior just to prevent herself from having no television which would be a negative outcome if it happens.