A reinforcer
punishment
punishment
punishment
Organisms acquire new responses through operant conditioning by associating a behavior with a consequence. If a response leads to a desirable outcome (reinforcement), the likelihood of the behavior being repeated increases. On the other hand, if a response leads to an aversive outcome (punishment), the likelihood of the behavior being repeated decreases. Over time, organisms learn which behaviors are most beneficial based on their consequences.
A decrease in the likelihood or rate of a target response typically indicates that the behavior is being extinguished or suppressed. This could be due to a lack of reinforcement, punishment, or the implementation of alternative behaviors.
Discriminative stimuli
Increase
Punishment by Application
Nonexporation
True. Observing data that consistently increases or decreases in response to a variable indicates a trend. This trend can provide valuable information about the relationship between the variables being studied.
Any stimulus that, when presented after a response, strengthens that response is called a reinforcer. Reinforcers can be positive, such as rewards or praise, which increase the likelihood of the behavior being repeated, or negative, where the removal of an unpleasant stimulus also strengthens the behavior.
Punishers are consequences that decrease the likelihood of a behavior occurring again in the future. They involve introducing an unpleasant stimulus or removing a pleasant one in response to a behavior, with the intention of reducing the likelihood of that behavior happening again.