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EPPP Psychology

Category - Cognitive-Affective Bases of Behavior

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Escape conditioning and avoidance conditioning are two types of operant conditioning. Which of the following is NOT a similarity of these two methods?

They both employ negative (aversive) stimuli
They both have ethical concerns
They both provide immediate aversive stimuli upon target response
They both build include time for desired response to be performed before consequence

Explanation

Answer: C - Escape conditioning provides immediate aversive stimuli in response to a behavior, while avoidance conditioning uses a neutral stimulus followed by a short period allowing for the subject to provide a desired response in order to avoid the aversive stimulus entirely.

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