Reinforcement Practice

If a worker continues to work hard on the job and thus avoids the boss's criticism, _______________ is occurring.

I always clean the house to get rid of a mess.

A toddler is given a cookie after saying “please”. Now he says please all the time.

I take my vitamins every day to avoid getting sick.

A rat is placed in a cage and immediately receives a mild electrical shock on its feet. The shock is unpleasant for the rat. The rat presses a bar and the shock stops. The rat receives another shock, presses the bar again, and again the shock stops. The rat’s behavior of pressing the bar is strengthened by the consequence of the stopping of the shock.

Watching your favorite TV show after doing all of your homework.

Getting a soft drink after putting money into a vending machine.

Students in Professor Ohno’s class were given a weekly quiz. The students' grades on the first quiz were low, so Professor Ohno began praising the performance of those students who answered the quiz questions correctly. As a result of this procedure, the students' quiz performance improved on the rest of the quizzes

Getting a candy bar after putting money into a vending machine.

What is operant conditioning?

• A type of learning about the relationship between behavior and its consequences This relationship affects our future actions.

• A type of learning in which we make an association between two events by repeated exposure.