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

2. 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

3. 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.

4. Scenario 1 Answers 
Increase Behavior
Positive Reinforcement

5. Scenario 2
A wife brings home flowers to her husband because of the special dinner he had cooked for her.

6. Scenario 2 Answers 
Increase Behavior
Positive Reinforcement

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

8. Scenario 3 Answers 
Decrease Behavior
Negative Punishment

9. 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.

10. Scenario 4 Answers 
Increase Behavior
Positive Reinforcement

11. 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.

12. Scenario 5 Answers 
Decrease Behavior
Positive Punishment

13. 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.

14. Scenario 6 Answers 
Increase Behavior
Negative Reinforcement

15. 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.

16. Scenario 7 Answers O
Decrease Behavior
Extinction

17. 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.

18. Scenario 8 Answers 
Increase Behavior
Negative Reinforcement

19. 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.

20. Scenario 9 Answers If you view lecture as nothing: O Decrease Behavior
Extinction
If you view lecture as bad: 
Positive Punishment

21. Scenario 10
A terrorist applies an electric current to the feet of a spy to make her confess. She tells him everything she knows.

22. Scenario 10 Answers 
Increase Behavior
Negative Reinforcement