If a person takes an aspirin and the aspirin makes a headache go away, then the person becomes more likely to take an aspirin for a headache in the future. This example illustrates that the aspirin acts as a(n):

In operant conditioning which involves learning being brought about by the consequence of a behavior, a negative reinforcer increases the likelihood of a behavior to be exhibited by the removal of an unpleasant or aversive stimulus.

Aspirin in the example given, is a negative reinforce that removes the headache, and as such increases the likelihood of the person taking aspirin in future when such aversive stimulus occurs.

kendrich kendrich · Answer 2 · 2020-03-03T10:09:11+01:00

kendrich kendrich

03-03-2020

Answer:

Negative reinforcer

Explanation:The negative reinforced is a reinforcing type of removal stimulus which its prescence make tends to stop or reduce or decreased the likelihood of the agent or body that produced it.

If an individual takes in aspirin and it makes the headache go away, the likelihood of the headache going away by taking aspirin again in the future is a clear example of negative reinforcer.

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