Download - Squidward's Contingencies
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Contingencies of
Squidward and his
Clarinet Taylor Vaughn
Final Fiesta
Fall 2017
Squidward has a
undying love for his
clarinet.
Which is weird by the way
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In the beginning, Squidward didn't make a sound on his
clarinet, but with music being a reinforcer, he puts his
mouth on the mouthpiece, blows air while pressing the
F key, he makes the sound of the F note.
Reinforcement
No sound
of F note
Puts mouth
on mouth
piece,blows
air and
pressing F
key
Sound of F
note
Before Behavior After
EscapeWith Squidward playing his clarinet, which wasn't his repertoire, he approaches a problem
of how the town complaining about him playing. He didn't like the complaints from the
town, which led him to stop playing. It resulted to the town to stop complaining about
Squidward's performance.
Hears
complaints
from town
Stops
playing
clarinet
Don’t hear
complaints
from town
Before Behavior After
Punishment
Squidward then noticed that whenever he plays his clarinet with the window open, he then
hears complaints. However, when he plays the clarinet with the window open, he noticed
that he does not hear the complaints.
VS
No
complaints
No
complaints
Complaints
After
Window
open
Window
closed
Plays
clarinet
Punishment
Recovery
Before Behavior
After
SD
SDELT
A
Avoidance of an Aversive Stimuli
Squidward then decided to go to JellyFish Fields to where he decides to play his clarinet
there. At first, he was out of tune, which led the jellyfishes to go towards him in a negative
way. However, when he decided to play in tune and make beautiful sounds, the jellyfishes
calm down.
Will soon
be stung
by
jellyfish
Plays
correct
note
Will not
soon be
stung by
jellyfish
BeforeBehavior After
Paring Procedure
Buzz
No Buzz No Sting
Sting
Penalty
Squidward then leave JellyFish Fields, and started to head home. It was then he was
approached by Spongebob, who was leaving from Sandy’s place. Spongebob decided to
walk with Squidward and sing while walking. It made Squidward frustrated to the point to
where he hit Spongebob on the head with his clarinet, causing for his clarinet to break in
half.
It was then, Squidward realized that he suffered the
penalty of hitting Spongebob on the head with his
clarinet.
Couldn't find a picture with
squidward hitting
spongebob so here's
handsome squidward.
No
aggression
Reinforcers
Clarinet
Hits
Spongebob
on the head
No clarinet
Aggression
Reinforcers
Reinforcer
Penalty
Before
Before
Behavior
After
After
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