If student lies to his teacher about being sick and the teacher lets the student out of doing his class project,the student is more likely to lie about being sick when a class project is due.This is an example of:
A) automatic positive reinforcement
B) social positive reinforcement
C) automatic negative reinforcement
D) social negative reinforcement

Question

If student lies to his teacher about being sick and the teacher lets the student out of doing his class project,the student is more likely to lie about being sick when a class project is due.This is an example of:​
A) ​automatic positive reinforcement
B) ​social positive reinforcement
C) ​automatic negative reinforcement
D) ​social negative reinforcement

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

This is an example of social negative reinforcement because the student is lying to escape or avoid the class project, and the teacher's response (letting the student out of the project) reinforces the lying behavior.

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