Question

Mr. Roberts had to step out of the class for a moment and tells Megan to watch the class. Megan begins to get teased by her classmates for being a goody-goody and the teacher’s pet. When Mr. Roberts returns, Megan tells him that she does not ever want to be left in charge of the class again. In this situation, Megan was _______

(a)-negatively reinforced by her classmates
(b)-Positivley reinforced by her classmates
(c)- Both a & b
(d)- None of these

Answer 1

In that particular case, Megan's classmates were negatively reinforcing that task that she was assigned to perform. Blaming her for being the teacher's pet and a goody-goody, all these actions will take her to avoid the responsibility of taking care of the class in the case of the teacher's absence. The correct answer to this multiple-choice question is the option a.