sturge_weber
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on the 1st day of the kindergarden , the mother of a 5 yr old tells him, that she will not leave him right away when dropping him off at school, she stays with him for 10 mi ad the leaves him to go home. however over the next several days he insists that she stays a lil longer each day and begins to cry when she starts to leave. the next mornig, the mother stayed with him more than an hour. this change in mother behaviour can be best explained as an example of which of the following?
a. extinction
b. fading
c. learned helplessness
d. negative reinforcemnt
e. positive reinforcemet
f. secondary reinforcement
g. transference
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| gpsbrar
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| avt
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negative reinforcement is the answer. here the mom is trying to avoid the avoid the child from crying.(it involves "negative" benefit)
primary reinforcement is something you like from birth things like sex, food, social contact ..
secondary reinforcement is something you have to LEARN to like..
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| gpsbrar
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agree with avt
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Mom sits to avoid the child tocry so from the mom point of view it is neg reinforcement. and what will from the child's point of view. He cries so that his mom sits. Is is positive reinforcement. (like in FA - Mouse pressed the button to get the food). If any one could tell me what will child's behaviour explained as. Or maybe Selfish.
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| cyra
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I don't think it is negative reinforcement...the questions asks how the mother's behaviour can be explained...the fact that the child's crying(the stimulus) causes the mother to stay longer(i.e have an additive effect on her previous behavior which was to stay for 10 min),suggests positive reinforcement...so i'd go with positive reinforcement....
gps.. we cannot really comment on the child's behaviour because the question stem doesnot tell us what effect the mother's response of staying longer has on the child...
avt...negative reinforcement does not involve "negative benefit" or the like...it is when "removal of a stimulus" results in a change in behaviour.
Please correct me if i am wrong!
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| drkaur
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i think too D bcoz coz here behaviour is child cry and stimulus is mother stay so when mother leave [stumulus remove ] child cry again [behaviour continue ]so this is -ve reinforcement
+ve reinforcement stumulus add and behaviour continue like if child continue to cry even if mother stay with them
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| drk1980
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the question asks about the Mothers Behaviour...not the childs behaviour....
the mothers "behavior" of NOT leaving 'continued'(and progressed) when the "stimulus" of the child crying was 'removed'
sounds like the definition of Negative Reinforcement to me... wht do u suppose?
sturge-weber is there a known answer to this??
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| cyra
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The question doesn't specifically state that the child stops crying...it just says that the child cries every time she tries to leave...thats why i figured the stimulus to be the child crying..."added" stimulus....and the continuation/progression of the mother's behaviour...hence...positive reinforcement...hope i am making some sense here...
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| drk1980
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what u said made sense.
i guess i was looking deeper into the motive of the mother staying back for longer and longer which was to Stop the child from crying that is to remove the stimulus
Like the child cleaning up the room to stop his parents from nagging...(eg of neg reinforcement)
However if the Q had said "The child stopped crying as the mother continued to stay for more minutes" then it would hv been Negative Reinforcement.
Touche!
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| sturge_weber
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sorry guys didnt post the answer for so long, forgot aboutpostin the q
yes u re right drk, the mother continued staying and the response stops, the child doesnt cry...hence stimulus continues, response stops
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