In Each of the Following Situations, a Person Is Learning

question 39

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, 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.Jonah always does his homework assignments as soon as he gets them so he will not have to worry about them anymore.
c.Leslie and Beth are giggling together in the back of the classroom.Their teacher scowls at them.They are embarrassed and stop their giggling.
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 the teacher.)

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