Given the research findings in this chapter, explain how you would respond to your own children when they do things that you do but that you do not want them to mirror. When would you use positive reinforcement? When would you use punishment to teach them things? When would you use negative reinforcement? What kinds of reinforcement schedules would you use? (Be sure that you clearly differentiate

between reinforcement and punishment, negative and positive reinforcement, and negative reinforcement and punishment)

What will be an ideal response?

In evaluating students' examples, make certain they know the difference between negative reinforcement (removal of an aversive stimulus that is contingent on a desired response being made) and punishment (presentation of an aversive stimulus or removal of a pleasant stimulus that is contingent on an undesired response being made). Also ensure that the answers clearly indicate that both positive and negative reinforcement would produce an increase in the target behavior, and that only punishment would produce a decrease in the target behavior.