Operant Conditioning

Consequence that increases a behavior through the presentation of a stimulus.

Reinforcers that address biological needs are:

Presentation of a new, presumably unpleasant, stimulus to decrease a certain behavior.

A child picks his nose during class and the teacher reprimands him in front of his class mates

Taking a child's name off the 'Naughty List' which is displayed on the whiteboard.

Teacher separates 2 friends during class who are distracting one another from the math task.

"I loved the way you came & sat down quietly, here's a ticket for the weekly prize box Jim."

Who is generally considered the father of operant conditioning?

Students weren't given homework for Monday night due to excellent class participation that day.

_ involves the removal of an existing stimulus, presumably one a learner doesn't want to loose.

Reinforcers that address needs for praise, money, trophies, etc:

Consequence that increases a behavior through the removal of a stimulus.