Behavioral Perspective
-Jeff's three-year old son begins screaming "Candy! Candy!" when he sees a bag of candy in the kitchen. Annoyed by the screaming, Jeff gives his son the candy to make the screaming stop. Jeff is rewarded by peace and quiet. What is this called?

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Although the child's screaming is being reinforced, Jeff's relief comes from escape conditioning. Escape conditioning is when an aversive stimulus is removed immediately after the occurrence of a behavior. In this example, handing the child candy caused the screaming to stop. In the future, Jeff will be likely to give his child candy to stop screaming.

Behavioral Perspective -Jeff's Three-Year Old Son Begins Screaming "Candy! Candy!" When He