Author Question: Linda wears bell-bottom pants to school, and her classmates tease her about them. As soon as she ... (Read 112 times)

audragclark · **on:** Jun 20, 2018

Linda wears bell-bottom pants to school, and her classmates tease her about them. As soon as she gets home, Linda throws the pants in the trash. Linda's being teased is an example of:

a. reinforcement of an incompatible behavior.
b. negative reinforcement.
c. presentation punishment.
d. removal punishment.

Question 2

A police officer visits Ms. Duhaime's first-grade class one morning to talk about safety precautions at home and on the street. The students listen quietly and attentively while the officer speaks. At the end of the visit, the officer and teacher agree that the students' good behavior warrants some kind of reinforcement. Given what we know about effective reinforcers at different grade levels, their best choice would be:

a. twenty minutes of free time at the end of the day.
b. plastic toy police badges awarded by the officer.
c. a letter home to parents describing the children's good behavior.
d. an official-looking good behavior certificate given at the school's award ceremony the following week.