reinforcement and punishment
a child behaves herself when she goes to the grocery store with her parents. her parents allow her to choose a treat when they check out.
na
greta misses her curfew and arrives home over two hours late. she is prohibited from using the car for two weeks, but continues to come home late.
na
sarah got her haircut in a new style and was unsure if she was happy with the cut. a number of her friends complimented her on the new look.
na
tayla hates classical music. when tayla is late coming downstairs for dinner, her mother plays classical music with the volume turned up very loud. her mother turns off the music when tayla comes downstairs.
na
the theme song for the ride "it's a small world" played repeatedly the entire time that martha was on the ride. the ride seemed endless to martha.
na
if olga receives bad grades at the end of a grading period, her parents take away her cell phone for a week. this happened once, and since then olga has not received any bad grades.
np
peter often swore in class. each time peter swears, his teachers asks him to put a dime in the jar. since this policy was implemented, peter's swearing has declined considerably.
np
a mother keeps nagging her son to take out the garbage. in order to stop the nagging the son finally completes the task.
nr
arjun's alarm clock has an irritating pitch. because the alarm clock is on the other side fo the room, he gets up immediately as soon as it goes off.
nr
caroline forgot to turn off the head lights after shutting off the engine of her car. a bell rang until she finally turned off the lights. caroline now rarely forgets to turn off the car head lights.
nr
lydia has found that practicing yoga relieves a great deal of stress. after this realization, lydia has tried to practice yoga everyday.
nr
robert is annoyed by a flashing icon that indicates he has new e-mail. in order to make the icon stop flashing, he opens his email to read the new message. robert begins checking his e-mail as soon as the icon flashes.
nr
eduardo drives very fast. in the last week, he has received two speeding tickets. eduardo now obeys all traffic laws for fear of using his license.
pp
if one member of ms brandt's psychology class fails to complete his or her reading homework, the entire class will be assigned twice as much reading the following night. after this happens on a few occasions, not a single member of the class fails to do their reading.
pp
karl used to complain regularly that he was bored. when karl complained of boredom, his mow the lawn. as a result, karl now rarely complains of being bored.
pp
each time that students in mr renard's psychology class complete a worksheet correctly, mr renard gives them a high five. as a result, his students try hard to do well on their worksheets.
pr
frank likes nicki and he often makes fun of her and pulls on her ponytail. she is irritated and calls him names. frank enjoys the attention and pulls her hair more often.
pr
harold loves teasing his younger sister marissa just to make her angry. marissa hits harold every time he teases her. he thinks this behavior is funny and teases her even more frequently.
pr
in mr jackson's third grade class, students receive a gold star when they finish reading a book. as a result, mr jackson's class has read more books than any of the other third grade classes.
pr
liu's boss praises his recent work for the advertising agency. liu feels great about the compliment and works even harder.
pr
