Mr Ying is a young, handsome Psych teacher who has just been appointed to a girls' college. His unit 2 class is so distracted by his looks and they find it difficult to concentrate and focus. There is a lot of giggling,etc... Mr Ying is determined to make a good impression with his classroom control and teaching methods. He decides to use detention as a means of fixing the girls' behaviour. He runs a lunchtime detention for sin girls whose behaviour has been the worst. In the next class not only do these six misbehave but they are joined by another 4, and eventually the whole class.
a) Which element of operant conditioning is Mr Ying trying to use to change the girls' behaviour?
b) Provide a description of its effectiveness and an explanation as to why this is so.
Maria had enjoyed attending her school for 10 years. Quite suddenly, her friendship group had disappeared and she began to get bullied for being a loner. After an unsuccessful attempt to solve her problems with the school, Maria started taking days off school, telling her mother that she was sick. Although she was concerned about missing school, she couldn't face the unpleasant actions of those girls.
a) Which element of operant conditioning explains the increase in Maria's behaviour of deceiving her mother and staying home? Explain how this principle worked in Maria's situation.
b) Which element of operant conditioning describes the consequences of the bullying behaviour for Maria? Explain its effect on Maria's attendance behaviour.
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