Nicole puts a dollar into the vending machine and gets nothing back. She puts in a second dollar and still gets nothing. After her second attempt, she stops trying. This is an example of ________.

a. punishment

b. extinction

c. negative reinforcement

d. reinforcement

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Nicole puts a dollar into the vending machine and gets nothing back. She puts in a second dollar and still gets nothing. After her second attempt, she stops trying. This is an example of ________.

a. punishment

b. extinction

c. negative reinforcement

d. reinforcement

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anonymous · Answer

I wanna say negative reinforcement (not exactly sure) because reinforcement means to increase behavior and of course negative would be the opposite, and walking away would be the opposite of increasing behavior. Hope I helped :P

e.mccormick · Answer

@Dragan96 good guess, but no. http://www1.appstate.edu/~beckhp/reinforcementdefinitions.htm

e.mccormick · Answer

The negative is applied to a different part of the concept.

anonymous · Answer

At least I was honest about not being sure haha