Emanuel is trying to get his daughter to stop biting her nails. His plan is to ignore his daughter's nail biting, but praise her at every 10-minute interval in which she does not bite her nails. Gradually, Emanuel plans to lengthen the amount of time between praise. If Emanuel's method is successful, the disappearance of nail biting would be considered which of the following?

asked May 4, 2017 in Education by Abby99

a. Extinction

b. Punishment

c. Negative reinforcement

d. Modeling

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Jamie Carson

16 April, 19:50

Emanuel is trying to get his daughter to stop biting her nails. His plan is to ignore his daughter's nail biting, but praise her at every 10-minute interval in which she does not bite her nails. Gradually, Emanuel plans to lengthen the amount of time between praise. If Emanuel's method is successful, the disappearance of nail biting would be considered which of the following?

asked May 4, 2017 in Education by Abby99

a. Extinction

b. Punishment

c. Negative reinforcement

d. Modeling

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Reagan Chang · Answer 1

c. Negative reinforcement

Explanation:

Negative reinforcement: In psychology, the term "negative reinforcement" is one of the different types of reinforcement technique in the operant conditioning theory which was proposed by B. F. Skinner.

According to him, negative reinforcement is described as a process in which a specific behavior or response is being strengthened by avoiding, stopping, or removing an aversive stimulus or negative outcome.

In the question above, the given statement signifies that Emanuel is using negative reinforcement.