behaviorism

A teacher wants his students to be more prepared for class.When all of them come prepared,to increase the possibilities of them repeating this behavior,he deletes the homework assignment for that day.This is example of:

• positive reinforcement

• negative reinforcement

• positive punishment

• negative punishment

what are the behavioral principles for education?

• Aid is the main motivation. The positive

  reinforcement is preferable to punishment

• Learning is facilitated when the goals are

  clear

• Both

• Neither

An employer gave each of his employers a task to finish within the week.At the end of the week,some of them had completed the task and some had not.The employer gave the employees who finished the task a day off,while the employees who did not finish received an extra, more difficult task.The employer provided...

• Positive reinforcement and positive punishment

• Positive reinforcement and negative punishment

• Negative reinforcement and positive punishment

A little kid does not like his food,so he throws it on the ground,making a mess.His mother makes him clean it up all by himself and does not do it again.In this case,the mother provided...

• Positive reinforcement

• Negative reinforcement

• Positive punishment

• Negative punishment

According to behaviorism learning...

• is the acquisition of new behavior

• involves the acquisition and reorganization of cognitive structures

• is search for meeting

A child in an elementary school class throwed a tantrum and destroyed his classmate's book.The teacher proceeded to give him a week of detention and the child never misbehaved like that again.This is an example of...

• Positive reinforcement

• Positive punishment

• Negative punishment

• Negative reinforcement

Where could we see behaviorism applied?

• Potty training children

• Receing a promotion at work

• Teaching tricks to pets

• All of the above

The parents of a teen girl that never heps around the house,come home to find that the gir has finished all her chores.How could the parents use positivereinforcement to increase the chances of her continuing the behavior?

• Give her an allowance

• Take away her phone

• Remove her responsibility for the chores

• Add more chores

The principal of a high school organizes a school trip.He announces that the students that did not attend all their classes the past semester cannot join.In this instance,the principal applies...

• Negative reinforcement

• Negative punishment

• Positive punishment

• Positive reinforcement

A reastaurant owner's goal is for his employees to come to work one hour earlier to prepare for the shift.The chef of the restaurant keeps being late.How could the owner use positive punishment to ensure that the chef stops behaving this way?

• By giving him a day off work

• By giving him a raise

• By decreasing his pay

• By making him stay longer to clean up the kitchen