Question

Give a school-based example of two of the following: positive reinforcement, negative reinforcement, punishment, or extinction.

Answer 1

Answer:

Two of the examples are:

Positive reinforcement:

b. Compliment student by saying wow studentI really like how you are walking quietly through the hallways.

c. Punishment: student constantly distracts other students so the teacher moves his desk to the corner until student shows they can cooperate.

Explanation:

Positive reinforcement is presented when a positive stimulus is offered to the individual in order to increase a desired behavior.

Punishment is presented when a positive stimulus is offered to the individual with the purpose of decreasing an undesired behavior.

Negative reinforcement: Sara really loves her swimming class. However, she has been bullying one of her classmates bothering the whole class. Her parents decide to take her for a couple of weeks to therapy in the hours she used to have her classes. If she cooperates and commits to treat in an appropriate way her classmates it will be possible to go back to her normal swimming classes. Negative reinforcement consists of removing something the individual desires in order to find the wanted behavior.

Extinction: John loves to chat in class, when the professor realizes about it, he confiscates his cell phone, that is to say, he removes the stimulus in order to reduce his unwanted behavior.