Operant Conditioning

Car driver doesn't stop and hits elderly; he goes to jail

• Positive Reinforcement
• Negative Reinforcement
• Positive Punishment
• Negative Punishment

A rat getting food for pressing a lever

• Positive Reinforcement
• Negative Reinforcement
• Positive Punishment
• Negative Punishment

Employee is habitually late for work so he loses the privilege to listen to music at work

• Positive Reinforcement
• Negative Reinforcement
• Positive Punishment
• Negative Punishment

Child doesn't put her bike away so the parents lock it up 

• Positive Reinforcement
• Negative Reinforcement
• Positive Punishment
• Negative Punishment

Receiving praise after a musical performance

• Positive Reinforcement
• Negative Reinforcement
• Positive Punishment
• Negative Punishment

Exemption from a test for perfect attendance

• Positive Reinforcement
• Negative Reinforcement
• Positive Punishment
• Negative Punishment

Child is grounded for failing a class

• Positive Reinforcement
• Negative Reinforcement
• Positive Punishment
• Negative Punishment

An employee exhibits bad behavior at work and the boss criticizes him

• Positive Reinforcement
• Negative Reinforcement
• Positive Punishment
• Negative Punishment

Learning that results from the consequences of behaviors is called

• Learning that results from the consequences of behaviors is called
• Operant conditioning
• Classical conditioning
• Positive conditioning

What is a reinforcer?

• Anything that decreases the frequency of a behavior
• Anything that follows a behavior and increases the frequency of a behavior
• Anything that the subject will work for
• Anything that the subject likes