Monday, December 8, 2008

Operant Conditioning my sister

Sara McFadden
Operant Conditioning
When I am watching TV in the family room, my sister, Morgan, always comes in the room and annoys me until I change the channel to something she wants to watch. The environment is the family room when I am watching TV. The behavior I want to change is my sister whining and complaining and throwing stuff at me. I wanted to reinforce the behavior of her staying out of the family room while I was watching TV so I gave her candy when she stayed out of the room. This worked until she started standing outside the doorway and begging for more candy.

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