Psy 002

A professor has been noticing that too many students are coming to  class late and it is extremely disruptive to the learning environment.  She wants to stop this rude behavior of students showing up late.

Review the various types of reinforcement and punishment in the textbook.

1. How can the professor use reinforcement to get students to show  up on time to class? As part of your response, define in your own words  positive reinforcement and provide one unique example, as well as your  definition of negative reinforcement and one unique example the  professor could use. All examples in your response must apply to the  professor’s situation to earn any points.
2. How is negative reinforcement different from positive punishment?

Rubric: definition of positive reinforcement, example of positive reinforcement, definition  of negative reinforcement, example of negative reinforcement, differentiate negative reinforcement from positive  punishment