Psychology & Sociology · Mr. Pankow: Behavior & Behavior Change

Question

Escape conditioning occurs when ____

Answer

Escape conditioning occurs when individuals must escape an unpleasant stimulus once it has occured
animal learns to perform a behavior to terminate an aversive stimulus
this is negative reinforcement, since you take away a bad stimulus
ex: fire in a building and you have to find a way out

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