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#1. Blake typically has his iPad removed (a negative punishment procedure) if he plays for more than one hour continuously without stopping. This procedure has been highly effective in the past, consistently reducing his screen time. However, this week, Blake has been ill, and his parents, due to his poor health, have not consistently implemented the iPad removal contingency. As a result, Blake has started playing on his iPad for two to three hours at a time without it being taken away, and his screen time has returned to pre-punishment levels. Given that the punishment procedure has ceased to be applied, what behavioral phenomenon is Blake currently exhibiting?
Blake is exhibiting recovery from punishment Recovery from punishment is a behavioral phenomenon where when a previously effective punishment procedure is terminated or no longer consistently applied the punished behavior tends to return to its original or even higher prepunishment levels The text clearly states that the punishment iPad removal was effective but is now no longer being consistently implemented leading to the resurgence of the iPad playing behavior Lets analyze why the other options are incorrect Spontaneous recovery Spontaneous recovery is a phenomenon associated with extinction It occurs when a previously extinguished behavior a behavior that has decreased due to the withholding of reinforcement temporarily reemerges after a period of time during which the behavior has not been engaged in Since the scenario describes the cessation of a punishment procedure not an extinction procedure spontaneous recovery is not the correct term Resistance to punishment Resistance to punishment refers to a situation where a behavior does not decrease or is only minimally affected by the application of a punishment procedure In Blakes case the punishment was initially effective at reducing his screen time so he was not resisting it The current situation is about the absence of punishment not his resistance to it Negative reinforcement Negative reinforcement involves the removal of an aversive stimulus contingent on a behavior which increases the future probability of that behavior This scenario describes the cessation of a punishment procedure which led to the return of a behavior not the increase of a new behavior due to the removal of an aversive stimulus
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