Ch. 10 case study

Questions:

1. The strategies that Mr. Corbet uses to teach his students appropriate school behavior are most consistent with which two theories/theorists that we have learned about so far this semester? Justify your response.

2. Describe one incident in the case study that represents vicarious reinforcement. Explain your reasoning. When the teacher invites the tables to line up for recess. He compliments one student for walking and says that is great you walked that shows me you are ready to be kindergartner. In return the rest of the students want to walk as well because they see how the student has been rewarded.

3. Describe one incident in the case study that represents vicarious punishment. Explain your reasoning.

When Mindy tells the teacher about the yellow dressed girl pushing her friend of the swing. She initially points her finger then remembered earlier when the teacher has told jonathon it was not nice to point she quickly pulls her finger back in and uses her words instead.

4. Do you think Mindy has low or high self-efficacy with regard to appropriate kindergarten behavior? Justify your response with examples from the case. I would say that she has low just because she seems to not know what is going to happen next, such as what recess was or what the whistle is. She seems to understand some of the concepts but overall she shows good behavior based on the vicarious reinforcement.