+/- Reinforcement & Punishment

Because he once got a candy bar for volunteering to be in a subject in an in-class demonstration, Edward eagerly raises his hand the next time Mrs. Welle asks for volunteers. His behavior has been shaped by

• positive reinforcement

• negative reinforcement

• positive punishment

• negative punishment

You are only going to be a minute in a store so decide to risk it and not put money in the meter (on the app) to pay for on street parking. You are gone about 15 minutes. When you return there is a parking ticket on your car. Since this experience you always put money in the parking meter, even if gone only for a second. This new behavior is a result of what previous experience?

• positive reinforcement

• negative reinforcement

• positive punishment

• negative punishment

Sam finds that studying for an exam reduces his stress, so he continues to use this strategy. This illustrates

• positive reinforcement

• negative reinforcement

• positive punishment

• negative punishment

A child sits in his room and whines until his babysitter lets him stay up for another half hour. If this pattern continues in the future, the babysitter has experienced

• positive reinforcement

• negative reinforcement

• positive punishment

• negative punishment

A child throws a temper tantrum in the grocery store checkout line. Embarrassed by his behavior, his parents buy him candy to stop the screaming. The parents have experienced _____________.

• positive reinforcement

• negative reinforcement

• positive punishment

• negative punishment

You and your sister were fighting, so you both got extra chores to do. Now, you fight less. What explains this behavior change?

• positive reinforcement

• negative reinforcement

• positive punishment

• negative punishment

A man who vandalized a store is sentenced to work at the local animal shelter for two weeks. If this reduces his vandalism, he has experienced

• positive reinforcement

• negative reinforcement

• positive punishment

• negative punishment

Lucy is pushing her peers when she is knocked out during a game of four square. After repeated unsucessful corrections, she is directed to a "time out". During "time out" she can no longer play with the four square with her peers. If this reduces her "pushing" behavior, it is an example of

• positive reinforcement

• negative reinforcement

• positive punishment

• negative punishment

Stretching reduces uncomfortable muscle fatigue, so Emily learns to do it more often. Her behavior is being shaped by

• positive reinforcement

• negative reinforcement

• positive punishment

• negative punishment

A teenager loses his phone for talking back to his mom, so he reduces his sassy behavior. This illustrates

• positive reinforcement

• negative reinforcement

• positive punishment

• negative punishment