Exam 9: Negative Punishment

When Mike started misbehaving, his teacher would remove the ribbon from around his wrist and require him to sit by himself in the coat closet for 3 minutes.

What was the contingency Dawn used to help April stop her crying (Larson and Ayllon).

Response cost and time-out are subcategories of this concept.

Fill in the following empty boxes. -Diagram the contingency Dawn used to help April stop her crying (Larson and Ayllon).

A/n ______ design will help you determine if the changes in the independent variables are responsible for the changes in the dependent variable.

Define the following concepts: -Response-cost contingency

To get praise from the coach, the athletes must do 100 push-ups. Is the requirement of 100 push-ups an example of response cost?

The negative punishment contingency involves a different reinforcer from the one maintaining the penalized behavior.

Describe the use of a negative punishment continency to reduce self-injury. Include: $\bullet$ The person whose behavior was modified $\bullet$ The undesirable behavior $\bullet$ The reinforcer used in the negative punishment contingency $\bullet$ The contingency $\bullet$ The results