Question

Elton feels disappointed in himself
because he has skipped all of his
workouts this week. He is determined
that he will show up for all of his
workouts next week. What does this
scenario BEST demonstrate? (1 point)
positive social reinforcement
negative social reinforcement
positive automatic reinforcement
negative automatic reinforcement

Answer 1

Negative automatic reinforcement.

He plans to work out to avoid the internal aversive state (his disappointment), and that relief is produced by his own behavior (automatic), not by others (social).