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Because Jake, the team’s starting, star center, is late to basketball practice, Coach Peterson sits him out for the first quarter of the next game. Jake is on time for the rest of the season. Coach Peterson has used
(A) positive punishment.
(B) negative reinforcement.
(C) modeling.
(D) positive reinforcement.
(E) omission training.
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(E) omission training.
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Explanation
Since Coach Peterson takes away playing time that Jake usually has, the technique described is omission training. An example of positive punishment would have been if the coach had Jake run laps (added something unpleasant). Neither negative reinforcement nor positive reinforcement would have been a good tactic for the coach to use on Jake’s lateness, since, by definition, they would have encouraged Jake to be late again. However, the coach could reinforce Jake’s future appropriate behaviors toward the same end. He could praise Jake when he arrives on time (positive reinforcement) or excuse Jake from the laps run at the end of practice when he is on time (negative reinforcement). Modeling is learning via observation and imitation; the coach could model being on time himself.
Posted : 21/04/2024 12:36 pm