Self Punitive Behavior is when the animal continues the behavior even in the presence of aversive stimuli.

• A. Extinction
• B. Autoshaping
• C. Self Punitive Behavior
• D. Proofing

Answer: (C)

The main idea here is how a behavior responds to punishment. Self-punitive behavior describes a situation where the animal keeps performing an undesired behavior even when an aversive stimulus is present. That means the punishment doesn’t suppress the behavior, highlighting that punishment isn’t effective in stopping it in that context.

This matches the statement because it explicitly describes persistence in the face of an aversive consequence. Extinction would be the behavior dropping off when reinforcement is removed, not continuing. Autoshaping is a conditioning process where a neutral cue starts to predict a reward to elicit a response, not about reactions to punishment. Proofing is about ensuring a behavior occurs reliably across different contexts, not about resisting aversive stimuli.