Behaviorism
You teach Cindi to hit a baseball with a bat by using a series of successive steps to get closer
and closer to the target behavior. This is an example of
Shaping
Telling a student that she does not need to stay after school for remedial math lessons
because she received a perfect score on her math test is an example of
Negative Reinforcement
Which of the following statements best represents Thorndike's Law of Effect?
Behaviors followed by reinforcements are more likely to occur again.
A high school student loses free time for disrupting the class. Eventually, the student stops
disrupting the class. This is an example of
Negative punishment
The preschooler gets his toys taken away for fighting with his classmates is an example of
Negative punishment
Jim used to disrupt the teacher's conversations by interrupting her. The teacher
consistently ignored his interruptions and the behavior stopped. This is an example of
Extinction is occurring
Teachers getting a paycheck every two weeks is an example of
Fixed-interval
