OPERANT CONDITIONING REVIEW For each example tell whether the underlined behavior will recur

OPERANT CONDITIONINGREVIEW

For each example tell whether the underlined behavior will recur.

DIRECTIONS• Focus on the underlined behavior and identify

whether…– The consequence for doing that behavior was Good or

Bad or Nothing O

– Then determine if the behavior is likely to increase ( ) or decrease ( )

– Finally say which term of operant conditioning is being shown –

• Neg. Reinforcement

• Pos. Reinforcement

• Neg. Punishment

• Pos. Punishment

• Extinction

Scenario 1A student volunteers to answer a tough question in class, and the teacher comments favorably on the quality of the student’s contribution.

Scenario 1Answers

• Increase Behavior

• Positive Reinforcement

Scenario 2

A wife brings home flowers to her husband because of the special dinner he had cooked for her.

Scenario 2Answers

• Increase Behavior

• Positive Reinforcement

Scenario 3

A child is sent to his room with no supper after presenting a bad report card.

Scenario 3Answers

• Decrease Behavior

• Negative Punishment

Scenario 4

Dad & tot enter the checkout lane of the supermarket. When the child screams for candy, dad pops a sucker in her mouth to quiet her down.

Scenario 4Answers

• Increase Behavior

• Positive Reinforcement

Scenario 5A child spills milk all over the supper table, and Mom (having had a very bad day) swoops the child up from the high chair and spanks him.

Scenario 5Answers

• Decrease Behavior

• Positive Punishment

Scenario 6

A student has a terrible headache after an intense preparation period for a test. He takes two aspirin to make it go away.

Scenario 6Answers

• Increase Behavior

• Negative Reinforcement

Scenario 7

Two children, who usually spend most of their time fighting, finally play peaceably over a coloring book. Dad peeks in and sighs, “At last, they are getting along.” He returns to work without saying anything to them.

Scenario 7Answers

• O

• Decrease Behavior

• Extinction

Scenario 8

As a spoiled child is being driven by a fast-food restaurant, she begins screaming that she must have french fries or she won’t survive. The parents surrender and drive in for a large supply.

Scenario 8Answers

• Increase Behavior

• Negative Reinforcement

Scenario 9

A teenager whines about having nothing to do. Dad gives him a lecture about all the stuff in his room and the good old days when he, the father, didn’t have all that stuff but still managed to be happy.

Scenario 9Answers

If you view lecture as nothing:• O• Decrease Behavior• Extinction

If you view lecture as bad:• Decrease Behavior• Positive Punishment

Scenario 10

A terrorist applies an electric current to the feet of a spy to make her confess. She tells him everything she knows.

Scenario 10Answers

• Increase Behavior

• Negative Reinforcement