Afamily counselor tells jacob and samantha that they should ignore their daughter's temper tantrums if they want her to stop because giving her attention is only increasing her behavior. which type of operant conditioning in being recommended to the parents? a. positive reinforcement b. negative reinforcement c. positive punishment d. negative punishment

The correct answer is d. negative punishment.

The type of operant conditioning that is being recommended to the parents is negative punishment.

The family counselor is recommending Jacob and Samantha that they should ignore their daughter's temper tantrums if they want her to stop, in what it is known as a negative punishment. If the parents still giving her attention this is only increasing the behavior of the daughter.

Negative Punishment is used in the theory of Operant Conditioning. Its main goal is to decrease the rate of certain behaviors that are not desired from occurring in the future.

it is a part of john locke's natural rights popular during the age of enlightenment that people had inalienable rights to life, liberty and property. this was reflected by thomas jefferson in his declaration of independence as rights to life,liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

another line in the declaration of independence is that people have certain rights just because they are human. humans are capable of obeying the three natural rights john locke mentioned making them governable by these laws and therefore entitled to these rights as well.