Question

multiple choice question every time rebecca has tried to hold her aunts bird, she has been bitten on the finger. rebecca no longer wants to hold the bird and refuses to take it when someone offers. rebeccas behavior has been motivated by punishment reinforcement anxiety classical conditioning

Explanation:

To solve this, we analyze each option:

• Punishment: Occurs when a behavior is followed by an aversive stimulus (being bitten) that decreases the likelihood of the behavior (holding the bird) recurring. Rebecca’s refusal to hold the bird after being bitten fits this, as the bite (punishment) reduced the behavior.
• Reinforcement: Increases behavior, but here the behavior (holding the bird) decreased, so this is incorrect.
• Anxiety: While anxiety could result, the core mechanism here is the aversive consequence (biting) reducing the behavior, which is punishment, not just anxiety.
• Classical Conditioning: Involves associating a neutral stimulus with an unconditioned stimulus. Here, the focus is on the consequence (biting) reducing the behavior, which is operant conditioning’s punishment, not classical conditioning.

Answer:

A. punishment