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

Question

____ occurs when individuals must escape an unpleasant stimulus once it has occured

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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