*Decide *which of the following concepts are most applicable to each
scenario: differential reinforcement of other behavior, avoidance
contingency, punishment by prevention of reinforcer, punishment by loss of
reinforcer, or avoidance of loss.
*Defend *your answer 175 words each, using citations as needed.
1. Sally, a 13-year-old teenager, is tired of having her mom nag
her about her bedroom. Her mom nags about the clothes on the floor,
the bed being unmade, and the trashcan spilling over in her bathroom.
Sally comes home from school in a bad mood and the last thing she
wants to hear is her mom’s nagging voice. To get around the expected
response from her mom, she cleans her room, makes her bed, and empties
her trashcan.
2. Sally makes the 7th-grade track team by finishing before another
girl by less than 0.05 seconds in her event—the 400 meter relay.
Sally is proud of making the team but needs to work harder in the
practices that follow. The first track meet does not go well. Out of
the four girls on the relay team, she has the slowest time, so her
track coach removes her from the team, and makes her sit as an
alternate.
3. In the weeks that follow being pulled from the track team, Sally
listens to her coach’s direction and works hard to qualify for the
next meet. Running her fastest time ever, Sally is excited when she
qualifies to run the relay for the third track meet. Now that she has
earned her spot on the team, she continues to work hard every week to
keep her place.
4. Chad is a 45-year-old man going back to school while working
full time. A self-proclaimed procrastinator, his job as a computer
programmer can handle his laid back style and ever-changing
deadlines. In school, however, he is having difficulty turning his
homework in on time. The teacher has told him that success is
impossible if he does not turn his papers in on time, yet he fails to
do so week after week.
5. Chad continues to stay in school and is a B-minus student due to
the procrastination aspect of his work ethic. He has been complaining
lately about school and thinking about withdrawing. His comments about
the teacher, the class, the work and his grades are starting to get
annoying so his mom decides to only reinforce his verbal behavior
every 5 minutes he talks to her without making a negative comment
about school.
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