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)
Responses

positive social reinforcement
positive social reinforcement

negative social reinforcement
negative social reinforcement

positive automatic reinforcement
positive automatic reinforcement

negative automatic reinforcement

Answer 1

Negative automatic reinforcement

He’s motivated to exercise to avoid the aversive internal feeling of disappointment (an internal, non-social stimulus). Avoiding/removing that negative feeling increases the behavior, which is negative automatic reinforcement.