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Kikoku

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Ms. Brown makes at least two mistakes when she threatens to move Jason's desk near her own. What are they?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Look at the case from the perspective of a behaviorist. When Ms. Brown moves Jason closer to her desk, she is ________ Jason's dawdling behavior.
 
  a. punishing
  b. positively reinforcing
  c. negatively reinforcing
  d. vicariously reinforcing



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Sassygurl126

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Answer to Question 1

Her mistakes are these:
 She makes the erroneous assumption that moving Jason's desk away from the window will be an unpleasant consequence for him. Teachers must remember that different consequences are reinforcing and punishing for different students.
 Her threat is really only a bluff that she doesn't intend to follow through on. Teachers should never threaten consequences that would be difficult to carry out.

Answer to Question 2

b.





 

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