Question
In a chemistry lab on campus you forget that the cold and hot tubes look exactly alike, so you don't use tongs when grabbing a hot tube. As a result, you burn your hand. In the future, you are much less likely to grab a tube with your bare hand. This is an example of __________.
Group of answer choices
negative reinforcement
positive reinforcement
negative punishment
positive punishment
Group of answer choices
negative reinforcement
positive reinforcement
negative punishment
positive punishment
Answers
GPT-4o mini
This is an example of **positive punishment**.
In this scenario, the action of grabbing the hot tube with your bare hand resulted in an unpleasant outcome (a burn), which is a form of punishment. As a result, you are less likely to repeat the behavior (grabbing a tube bare-handed) in the future. Positive punishment involves adding an unpleasant consequence after a behavior to decrease the likelihood of that behavior occurring again.
In this scenario, the action of grabbing the hot tube with your bare hand resulted in an unpleasant outcome (a burn), which is a form of punishment. As a result, you are less likely to repeat the behavior (grabbing a tube bare-handed) in the future. Positive punishment involves adding an unpleasant consequence after a behavior to decrease the likelihood of that behavior occurring again.