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

Scenario 1 Answers  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 2 Answers  Increase Behavior Positive Reinforcement

Scenario 3 A child is sent to his room with no supper after presenting a bad report card.

Scenario 3 Answers  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 4 Answers  Increase Behavior Positive Reinforcement

Scenario 5 A 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 5 Answers  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 6 Answers  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 7 Answers 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 8 Answers  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 9 Answers If you view lecture as nothing: O Decrease Behavior Extinction If you view lecture as bad:  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 10 Answers  Increase Behavior Negative Reinforcement