Which of the following is an example of operant conditioning?

Which of the following is an example of operant conditioning?

Taking away a child’s toy for hitting their sibling

Operant Conditioning Examples

Example 1: Whenever a child goes to bed on time, her parent reads her a bedtime story. The story reading is a positive reinforcement used to increase target behavior (going to bed on time). Example 2: If a student raises his hand before he speaks, the teacher gives him a gold star sticker.

Giving a teenager a curfew for breaking a rule

Praising a dog for coming when called

What is a target behavior?

Group of answer choices

A behavior that is currently occurring

A behavior that is desired and being worked on

A behavior that is undesirable and being punished

A behavior that is being shaped

Which of the following is an example of positive punishment?
Group of answer choices

Yelling at a dog for chewing on the furniture

Giving a student a gold star for getting an A on a test

Taking away a child’s toy for hitting their sibling

Giving a teenager a curfew for breaking a rule

1. Explain the three components of a contingency (ABC’s) and provide an example of what this looks like.

2. Define happiness utilizing objectivity, clarity and completeness.

3. Imagine you are a behavior analyst working with adolescents with aggressive behaviors (hitting, kicking and punching caregivers). Describe in one to two sentences for each, how you would decrease the behavior using each of the following:

1. Differential Reinforcement of Incompatible Behavior (DRI)
2. Differential Reinforcement of Other Behavior (DRO)
3. Differential Reinforcement of Low Rates of Responding (DRL)

4. What are the major differences and similarities between Classical Conditioning and Operant Conditioning?