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Children at Happy Hills Summer Camp can earn tokens for “super awesome” behaviors like helping out another camper or pitching in to clean up. If they misbehave, then they lose a token. All the campers who end the week with at least 15 tokens get to stay at the pool and play games for an extra hour on Friday afternoon.
The kind of reward system used by the counselors at Happy Hills is called a token economy. Which of the following elements of operant conditioning are at play here?
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negative punishment
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positive reinforcement
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negative reinforcement
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secondary reinforcement
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positive punishment
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The kind of reward system used by the counselors at Happy Hills is called a token economy. Which of the following elements of operant conditioning are at play here?
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negative punishment
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positive reinforcement
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negative reinforcement
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secondary reinforcement
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positive punishment
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Incorrect Answer(s)
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GPT-4o mini
In the token economy system described for Happy Hills Summer Camp, the following elements of operant conditioning are at play:
1. **Positive Reinforcement**: Campers earn tokens for engaging in "super awesome" behaviors, which serves to increase the likelihood that these behaviors will occur again in the future.
2. **Negative Punishment**: Campers lose tokens for misbehaving, which decreases the likelihood of that behavior happening again. In this case, the loss of tokens (a desirable item) is used to reduce undesirable behavior.
The other options are not relevant in this context:
- **Negative Reinforcement**: This typically involves the removal of an unpleasant stimulus to increase a behavior and is not applicable here.
- **Secondary Reinforcement**: While tokens can be considered a form of secondary reinforcer, they are intrinsically linked to the positive reinforcement aspect of earning them, so this detail is somewhat implicit in the mentioned positive reinforcement.
- **Positive Punishment**: This involves adding an unpleasant stimulus to reduce a behavior, which is not reflected in the scenario provided.
Thus, the correct answers are **negative punishment** and **positive reinforcement**.
1. **Positive Reinforcement**: Campers earn tokens for engaging in "super awesome" behaviors, which serves to increase the likelihood that these behaviors will occur again in the future.
2. **Negative Punishment**: Campers lose tokens for misbehaving, which decreases the likelihood of that behavior happening again. In this case, the loss of tokens (a desirable item) is used to reduce undesirable behavior.
The other options are not relevant in this context:
- **Negative Reinforcement**: This typically involves the removal of an unpleasant stimulus to increase a behavior and is not applicable here.
- **Secondary Reinforcement**: While tokens can be considered a form of secondary reinforcer, they are intrinsically linked to the positive reinforcement aspect of earning them, so this detail is somewhat implicit in the mentioned positive reinforcement.
- **Positive Punishment**: This involves adding an unpleasant stimulus to reduce a behavior, which is not reflected in the scenario provided.
Thus, the correct answers are **negative punishment** and **positive reinforcement**.