Discussion
Sujit learns to his home work to avoid punishment from the teacher. This type of learning is known as ........
Answer: B
The key's answer is escape learning.
Sujit's behaviour, doing homework, is strengthened because it removes or prevents an unpleasant consequence, the teacher's punishment. This is learning through negative reinforcement, which textbooks describe as escape learning, or, when the response prevents the unpleasant event before it occurs, avoidance learning. The Indian textbook tradition groups both under escape learning.
Punishment learning would weaken a behaviour by following it with something unpleasant. Reward learning strengthens a behaviour by following it with something pleasant. Omission learning removes a pleasant consequence after a behaviour to weaken it. None describes doing homework to avoid punishment.
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