A baby will not stop crying,and he is driving his parents crazy.As a last resort,the father puts the baby in a laundry basket and sets the basket on top of the running dryer.The vibrations of the dryer soothe the baby and he falls asleep.The father congratulates himself on discovering this solution,which he most definitely will employ the next time the baby cannot be consoled.The father's behaviour of implementing the "dryer trick" has thus been:

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The father's behavior has been negatively reinforced because the aversive stimulus of the baby's crying was removed by the baby falling asleep, which strengthened the likelihood of the father repeating this behavior in the future when faced with a similar situation. Positive reinforcement would involve adding a pleasurable stimulus to increase the likelihood of repeating the behavior. Positive punishment would involve adding an aversive stimulus to decrease the likelihood of repeating the behavior. Negative punishment would involve removing a pleasurable stimulus to decrease the likelihood of repeating the behavior.

A Baby Will Not Stop Crying,and He Is Driving His