Positive Reinforcement: A student volunteers to answer a tough question in class and the teacher comments favorably on the quality of the student’s answer., Dad & child enter the checkout lane of the supermarket. When the child screams for candy, Dad gives her a sucker to quiet her down. (answer from the child’s perspective) , A wife brings home flowers to her husband because of the special dinner he had cooked to surprise her., Negative Reinforcement: Dad and child enter the checkout lane of the supermarket. When the child screams for candy, Dad gives her a sucker to quiet her down. (from Dad's perspective), A student has a terrible headache after an intense preparation period for a test. He takes two aspirin to make it go away., A spoiled child is being driven by a fast-food restaurant when she begins screaming that she must have french fries or she won’t survive. The parents surrender and drive in for a large supply of fries. (answer from the parent’s perspective), Positive Punishment: A child spills milk all over the supper table, and Mom (having had a very bad day), swoops the child up from the high chair and spanks him., A teenager whines about having nothing to do. Dad gives him a lecture about all the stuff in his room and the good old days when he didn’t have all that stuff but still managed to be happy. The teenager stops complaining., Negative Punishment: A child is sent to his room with no supper after presenting a bad report card., A teenager is out after curfew. Her parents take away her phone and car keys.,

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