In Each of the Following Situations, a Person Is Learning

question 64

Essay

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, Punishment I, or Punishment II. 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.)

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Definitions:

Sociodramatic Play

Pretend play in which children act out various roles and themes in plots or roles that they create.

Theory Of Mind

A person’s theory of what other people might be thinking. In order to have a theory of mind, children must realize that other people are not necessarily thinking the same thoughts that they themselves are. That realization seldom occurs before age 4.

Gross Motor Skills

Physical abilities involving large body movements, such as walking and jumping. (The word gross here means “big.”)

Sociodramatic Play

A form of play where children enact real-life roles or fictional scenarios, fostering social and cognitive development.