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itsmyluck

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In each of the following situations, a person is learning through either reinforcement or punishment. Classify each situation as involving one of these four consequences:
 
  positive reinforcement, negative reinforcement, presentation punishment, or removal punishment. Then explain why you chose the answer you did.
   a. Because Danielle fails her math class, she is taken off the school dance squad.
   b. Joe always does his homework assignments as soon as he gets them so he won't have to worry about them anymore.
   c. Lisa and Fran are giggling together in the back of the classroom. Their teacher scowls at them. They are embarrassed and shut up.
   d. A teacher finds that by yelling at her students when they get too rowdy, they will settle down and be quiet for a while. (Focus on what is happening to the teacher.)

Question 2

. Define the concept of vicarious reinforcement and give a concrete classroom example to illustrate its effects on students' behavior.
 
  What will be an ideal response?


javimendoza7

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Answer to Question 1

a. This is removal punishment: a pleasant state of affairs (being on the dance squad) is removed after Danielle fails her math class.
b. This is negative reinforcement: Joe is doing his homework in order to get rid of something unpleasant (his feeling of worry).
c. This is presentation punishment: something presented (a scowl) leads to a decrease in giggling behavior.
d. This is negative reinforcement: the teacher's yelling is reinforced by the removal of something she doesn't like (her students' rowdy behavior).

Answer to Question 2

Vicarious reinforcement is a phenomenon in which an individual's behavior increases after he or she observes someone else being reinforced for that behavior. The response should include a concrete example to illustrate this idea.



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