Positive and Negative Consequences

Positive and Negative Consequences

By Samantha Smith

​Good results from an action

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example: getting a cookie for good behavior. ​

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​Positive Consequence

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Bad results from an action

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example: Having a learning opportunity for being disruptive in class. ​

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​Negative Consequence

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Multiple Choice

A good result from an action.

• Positive Consequence

• Negative Consequence

Multiple Choice

A bad result from an action.

• Positive Consequence

• Negative Consequence

Positive Consequences

Positive Consequences meet basic needs like: food, clothing and shelter (a place to live)

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It also includes: making travel faster and safer, creating new job opportunities and being able to buy and sell goods and services. 

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Example: Making a bridge over a river to help people get to places faster. Putting in a new traffic signal to help make driving safer. A new factory is built to give people lots of new jobs.​

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Negative Consequences

Negative consequences have bad effect that often hurt the environment and have a bad effect on people’s lives. 

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Example: A factory pollutes the river that it is by. A new road that was built destroyed a natural habitat. A forest is cut down to build new homes.​

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Multiple Choice

Which is an example of a positive consequence?

• A new construction job on the highway has given 20 people a job that needed one.

• A factory causes pollution in a river that is near it.

Multiple Choice

Which is an example of a negative consequence?

• A new bridge is made over a river to help people get to work faster.

• A new homeless shelter is made from cut down trees to give people a place to live.

They occur by modifying the environment. 

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Modifying the environment means changing it to meet needs and improve lives.

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Modifications cause positive and negative consequences ​

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​Modify

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Multiple Choice

changing the environment to meet needs and improve lives.

• Positive Consequence

• Modify

• Negative Consequence