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The document is a worksheet on operant conditioning, asking the reader to classify various scenarios into categories such as positive reinforcement, negative reinforcement, positive punishment, and negative punishment. It also includes a section on identifying schedules of reinforcement, including fixed-interval, variable-interval, fixed-ratio, variable-ratio, and continuous reinforcement. Each example requires the reader to apply their understanding of these concepts.

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4 OC Worksheet

The document is a worksheet on operant conditioning, asking the reader to classify various scenarios into categories such as positive reinforcement, negative reinforcement, positive punishment, and negative punishment. It also includes a section on identifying schedules of reinforcement, including fixed-interval, variable-interval, fixed-ratio, variable-ratio, and continuous reinforcement. Each example requires the reader to apply their understanding of these concepts.

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OPERANT CONDITIONING Name: ___________________________

WORKSHEET Date: __________

For each of the following operant conditioning situations, identify whether this is an example of positive
reinforcement, negative reinforcement, positive punishment, or negative punishment.

1. Sean spanks his child for playing in the street. _________________________________

2. An “A” on exam that you studied real hard for. ___________________________________

3. Amanda cleans her room to keep her parents off her back. ______________________________

4. Getting a pay check. _________________________________

5. Reducing anxiety by smoking a cigarette. _________________________________

6. Embarrassing a student for giving a wrong answer. _________________________________

7. Taking an aspirin to relieve a headache. ______________________________________

8. Receiving a hug from your parents after throwing a temper tantrum. _______________________

9. A patient in a mental hospital is very disruptive at mealtimes. She grabs food from the plates of those
sitting near her and tries to cram the food into her mouth. Because this behavior of stealing food is very
undesirable and needs to stop immediately, a plan is developed whereby every time the patient steals food
from other plates, she is immediately taken to a room without food.
__________________________________

10. Sandra wasn’t doing well in hr 6th grade math class. Her teacher told her parents that Sandra handed in less
than 50% of her assignments. Her parents told Sandra that any day on which she did not hand in her
homework she would be sent to bed right after dinner. As a result of this threat, Sandra has handed in her
assignment 97% of the time.________________________________

11. In order to receive his allowance Travis cleans up his room regularly. ____________________

12. John does not go to the dentist every 6 months for a check-up. Instead, he waited until a tooth really hurts,
then goes to the dentist. After 2 emergency trips to the dentist, John now goes to the dentist every 6 months
like he should. ________________________________

13. A student jumps up and down, hand raised, yelling “me, me, me!” until the teacher calls on her. The child
jumps and yells even more in the future. ___________________________

16. Police randomly stop drivers and give tickets to those who are not wearing their seat belts; as a result of
this program seat belt use increases in town. _________________________
SCHEDULES OF REINFORCEMENT – for each example below identify which of the 4 schedules of
partial reinforcement (fixed-interval, variable-interval, fixed-ratio, or variable-ratio) or continuous
reinforcement is being used.

1. ________________________ Paid 10 dollars for every 20 party-subs made.

2. ________________________ Studying for a class that has pop quizzes.

3. ________________________ Slots machines are based on this schedule.

4. ________________________ Feeding a puppy every time it sits when you command.

5. ________________________ Speed traps on the highway.

6. ________________________ Selling cookies door-to-door.

7. ________________________ Getting the clothes out of the dryer after you hear the buzzer.

8. ________________________ Going up a staircase to reach a landing with a nice view.

9. ________________________ Doing 20 pushups to help stay fit.

10. ________________________ Playing Bingo.

11. ________________________ Getting a paycheck at the end of 2 weeks.

12. ________________________ Random drug testing.

13. ________________________ A strike in bowling.

14. ________________________ Calling your mechanic to see if your car is fixed yet.

15. ________________________ Frequent flier program where one gets a free flight after a specific
number of miles flown.
16. ________________________ Child screams and cries in store to get what he wants – every so
often it works.
17. ________________________ Child who likes to hear the theme music from Jeopardy every night.

18. ________________________ Getting a nickel for every pop can that you return.

19. ________________________ Waiting for a sunny day to go to the beach.

20. ________________________ Surfer waiting for the perfect wave to roll in.

21. ________________________ A child wants to go fishing looks under rocks for worms.

22. ________________________ A computer saleswoman gets commission on each sale.

23. ________________________ Getting a $.50 raise on your hourly raise each year.

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