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1. You are a fifth grade teacher. One of students, Tim. constantly disrupts the class. He "talks back" when you are talking and you have to stop the class to tell him to settle down. He doesn't complete his work and says he doesn't have to do anything he doesn't want to do. You have spoken to Tim and his parents, but it hasn't done any good. A. Explain Tim's behavior in terms of operant conditioning. Be sure and describe the principles of operant conditioning in your answer. You need to say why Tim is behaving the way he is using operant conditioning. (You MUST do this part. This question is about "operant conditioning" not other ways to solve the problem.) - (4 pts) B. Use operant conditioning to change Tim's behavior. (8 pts)

          1. You are a fifth grade teacher. One of students, Tim. constantly disrupts the class.
He "talks back" when you are talking and you have to stop the class to tell him to settle
down. He doesn't complete his work and says he doesn't have to do anything he
doesn't want to do. You have spoken to Tim and his parents, but it hasn't done any
good.
A. Explain Tim's behavior in terms of operant conditioning. Be sure and describe
the principles of operant conditioning in your answer. You need to say why Tim is
behaving the way he is using operant conditioning. (You MUST do this part. This
question is about "operant conditioning" not other ways to solve the problem.) - (4 pts)
B. Use operant conditioning to change Tim's behavior. (8 pts)

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