Operant Conditioning Practice

Jess worked a little bit every night on government to avoid feeling super stressed the night before.

John had to give a presentation, and to avoid feeling nervous he practiced every night.

What is it called when something good is removed making the behavior less likely to occur in the future?

Catherine submitted her art into the competition last weekend, and won a prize!

Jalen scored the game winning touchdown and everyone said he was great, now he works extra hard during practice.

Alexis was sad and missed Dom, so to avoid feeling sad she went to West Lib to visit him.

Zoey helped out her little sister with her homework, and after her mom let her go shopping.

Peyton knows that she will be traveling out of the country, so she gets shots to avoid getting sick while abroad.

Michael answered every test question correctly, so his parents gave him $50.00 because they were proud of him.

Braden has a concussion, and because of that he cannot play football and is very sad.

What is it called when something good is added to make the behavior keep occurring?

Braden is instructed not to agitate his concussion, so he avoids bright lights.

Luke leans back in his chair every day, so Miss Marry throws markers at him every time he does it.

Charles Manson was eventually found guilty of his crimes and was forced to live in a small jail cell.

Rachel cursed out Mr. Jones, so he took her phone away for the day.

Caleb puts gas in his car so he does not run out before hockey practice.

Colby starts a fight with Ryan in Religion, and for his punishment he can't eat lunch with friends for a week.

Jesse worked 2 back to back shifts yesterday, and drank coffee to avoid falling asleep in class.

Peter was 5 minutes late to work, and his boss took $5.00 out of his pay check.

Hayden opened the door for Maddie and she gave him a kiss on the cheek, so now every day he opens the door for her.

Liam writes down all of his homework assignments to avoid forgetting an assignment.

Caitlin decides to rake the leaves for her mom without her having to ask, so her mom gives her $25.00 for her work.

Ian is never here for class, and because of his absences he has to take the final exams.

What is it called when something is added to get rid of or avoid something bad?

Andrea got mad at her mom and kicked a hole in the wall, so her mom took her phone from her.

Brynna studied and got 100% her math test so she received homework passes for the rest of the semester.

Miss Marry gives her puppy a treat when he listens to her.

Payton is having a bad day and decides to haul off and hit JD, now he has a detention but Caleb gave him a high five

JD works all year to get straight A's, and once his parents see his report card they buy him his iguana.

Justus told Mr. Magruder that his rules were "All kind of stupid and dumb." so he was given after school detention

JC is trying to be less annoying, so each time that he annoys Miss Marry he pokes himself in the eye.

The players kept missing passes at volleyball practice, and the coach added wall sits for 2 min at the end of practice.

What is it called when something bad or unpleasant is added with hopes that the negative behavior will stop?

David worked hard all year in Psychology, and he got promoted to College Psych next year

Lane does not want to get sick, so she puts on a jacket to avoid getting a cold.

Haden squaks like a bird during class and annoys Jairika, so she punches him.

Kayla helped Liam out of his shell by making him sing in church, but Liam did not like it.