Behavior Met with Punishment Contingencies
Think about a past personal experience in which a behavior (either your own or that of someone in your environment) was met with punishment contingencies. First, describe the behavior, explaining whether you think the behavior was a rule-governed or contingency-shaped behavior.
Then, explain how either a positive or negative punishment contingency was used and the resultant effect on the problem behavior.
Finally, review that same experience from a behavior analytic perspective and discuss whether the use of punishment may or may not have be an appropriate strategy to use. Explain how you might modify the prior approach to decrease the problem behavior using positive punishment, negative punishment, or extinction, being sure to identify how motivating operations and the use of reinforcement would play a role in increasing an alternate behavior.
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During the driving lessons, the instructor warns the recruits about the dangers of over-speeding. In addition, parents often remind their children to drive carefully and concentrate on the road. However, one of my friends always drove fast by racing other cars on highways. One day, he was stopped by a traffic officer for over-speeding and given a ticket. He was reminded about the dangers of over-speeding including severe accidents, traffic penalties, and death. His behavior was rule-governed since it is against the traffic regulations to over-speed and was met with a positive punishment contingency.
A positive punishment contingency was used to eradicate my colleague’s problematic behavior. Notably, a positive punishment contingency decreases the