PSYB45H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Reinforcement

43. I start yelling at my spouse. She picks up the frying pan and hits me on the head. Now I never yell at my spouse. My behavior decreasing is an example of a. positive reinforcement c. positive punishment b. negative reinforcement d. negative punishment

42. Whenever your sister plays her drums, you bang on the wall between your and her room to get her to stop. Given the fact that she stops playing her drums, which makes you likely to bang on the wall the next time she plays, your behaviour is under the influence of A) positive reinforcement B) negative reinforcement C) positive punishment D) negative punishment E) operant extinction

44. In the above question, my spouse's behavior has been a. negatively reinforced c. positively punished b. positively reinforced d. negatively punished