7. Your cat has learned that he can encourage your presence in the kitchen on Saturday mornings by standing on your chest and meowing (when you are obviously trying to sleep). You decide to get up and feed the cat to shut it up. Behavior Consequence Reinforcement or Punishment Positive or Negative
This is operant conditioning because it involves voluntary behaviors (cat standing on your chest and meowing, you getting up and feeding the cat). However, there is also an undescribed element of classical conditioning in which the cat has learned to associate you with the delivery of food and now automatically responds to your presence in the kitchen with a similar emotional response (joy?). The cat's behavior of bothering you is positively reinforced because the cat receives something (food) and the behavior increases. Your behavior is negatively reinforced because feeding the cat puts an end to its annoying behavior and we would expect you to repeat this behavior in the future. This is essentially the same as the preceding example and I would recommend a different course unless you enjoy the cat's annoying behavior. It will probably backfire if you try to punish the cat for meowing, so the best thing to do is to ignore the cat (extinction) and feed it when it is being quiet.
8. You check the coin return slot on a vending machine and find a quarter. You find yourself checking other vending machines over the next few days. Behavior Consequence Reinforcement or Punishment Positive or Negative
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