1) Tatum pushes a boy down on the playground. Her teacher sees, and tells Tatum to sit on the sidewalk for 5 minutes. Tatum is sad. She wants to be playing. Tatum never pushes another child again. How would a behaviorist describe the change in Tatum's pushing behavior? a) She has experienced positive reinforcement. b) She has experienced negative reinforcement. c) She has experienced positive punishment. d) She has experienced negative punishment. 2) Asher's mom wants him to start working on his homework. She repeatedly asks him to start working. Eventually Asher says, "Fine! Just stop nagging me!" The next day it takes much less nagging for Asher to begin his homework. How would a behaviorist describe the change in Asher's homework-doing behavior? a) He has experienced positive reinforcement. b) He has experienced negative reinforcement. c) He has experienced positive punishment. d) He has experienced negative punishment. 3) Carlos loves to draw pictures of flowers. One day his teacher notices his drawing, and praises Carlos in front of the whole class for his flower-drawing skill. A week later, the teacher notices Carlos only draws pictures of cars. How would a behaviorist describe this change in Carlos' flower-drawing behavior? a) He has experienced positive reinforcement. b) He has experienced negative reinforcement. c) He has experienced positive punishment. d) He has experienced negative punishment. 4) Fewer than 50% of the students in Mrs. Tang's class complete their math work during math time. She addresses this problem by assigning any incomplete work as homework. Within a week, 75% of students are completing their math worksheets during math time. How would a behaviorst describe this change in math-completion behavior? a) The students have experienced positive reinforcement. b) The students have experienced negative reinforcement. c) The students have experienced positive punishment. d) The students have experienced negative punishment. 5) Betty Lou isn't a big Disney fan, but she notices that whenever she posts a photo related to Disneyland on Instagram, she gets lots of "likes." Soon, Betty Lou is posting Disney content all the time. How would a behaviorist describe this change in Betty Lou's posting behavior? a) She has experienced positive reinforcement. b) She has experienced negative reinforcement. c) She has experienced positive punishment. d) She has experienced negative punishment. 6) When Coach Graham sees Jayden goofing off at football practice, he makes Jayden do 20 pushups. Jayden hates doing pushups. He stops goofing off at practice. How would a behaviorist describe this change in Jayden's goofing-off behavior? a) He has experienced positive reinforcement. b) He has experienced negative reinforcement. c) He has experienced positive punishment. d) He has experienced negative punishment. 7) Mrs. Chu wants her children to play nicely with one another. When the children start arguing over the purple marker, which both want, Mrs. Chu takes the purple marker away. The children are sad. The next time they play with markers, they share the purple one. How would a behaviorist describe this change in sharing behavior? a) The children have experienced positive reinforcement. b) The children have experienced negative reinforcement. c) The children have experienced positive punishment. d) The children have experienced negative punishment. 8) When Teya intentionally makes inappropriate noises during class, her teacher sternly scolds her. The first day, Teya is scolded 2 times. The second day, she is scolded for making inappropriate noises 4 times. The third day she is scolded 8 times. How would a behaviorist describe the change in Teya's noise-making behavior? a) She has experienced positive reinforcement. b) She has experienced negative reinforcement. c) She has experienced positive punishment. d) She has experienced negative punishment.

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