Operant conditioning

Behavior: Joy smiles at everyone

Consequence: She makes a lot of friends

The consequence is an example of

• positive reinforcement

• negative reinforcement

• positive punishment

• response cost

Behavior: Sally can't give an example

Consequence: She fails the assignement

The consequence is an example of

• positive reinforcement.

• negative reinforcement.

• positive punishment.

• response cost.

Behavior: Zane has his phone out in class

Consequence: He gets it taken away.

The consequence is an example of

• positive reinforcement.

• negative reinforcement

• positive punishment

• response cost

Behavior: Molly finishes her homework.

Consequence: She gets to go out with friends.

The consequence is an example of

• + reinforcement

• negative reinforcement

• + punishment

• response cost

Behavior: Andre blows a bubble with his chewing gum

Consequence: His girlfriend yells at him to be quiet

This consequence is an example of

• + reinforcement

• negative reinforcement

• + punishment

• response cost

Behavior: Stanley gets straight As

Consequence: Parents release him from his grounding

• + reinforcement

• -- reinforcement

• + punishment

• -- punishment

Behavior: Jack mows the lawn

Consequence: He receives an allowance

This consequence is an example of

• + reinforcement

• negative reinforcement

• + punishment

• response cost

The result of reinforcement is to

• cause a behavior to stop

• cause a behavior to diminish.

• cause a behavior to continue.

• cause a behavior to occur for only a limited amount of time.

A father is frustrated because his teenage daughter has started to curse frequently. He has decided to temporarily decrease her allowance each time she curses. He is going to continue doing this until she has stopped cursing. His plan uses

• positive reinforcement

• negative reinforcement

• positive punishment

• negative punishment

What is a reinforcer?

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