School
A teacher gives a "Gold Star" to a student for every homework assignment turned in on time.
Positive Reinforcement - (You are adding a reward (Gold Star) to increase the behavior of turning in homework.)
A parent gives a child five dollars for every 'A' they receive on their report card
Positive Reinforcement (You are adding money to increase the behavior of getting good grades.)
Naruto finally masters a new Jutsu, and Kakashi rewards him by taking him out for Ichiraku Ramen
Positive Reinforcement (Kakashi adds a reward (Ramen) to increase Naruto's training effort.)
You spray a cat with a water bottle every time it tries to jump on the kitchen counter
Positive Punishment (You add an unpleasant stimulus (water spray) to decrease the cat's jumping behavior.)
A student is sent to the principal’s office and given a formal detention for talking during a quiet test.
Positive Punishment (You are adding an unpleasant stimulus (detention) to decrease the behavior of talking during tests.)
A teenager is "grounded" and has their car keys taken away for coming home past curfew
Negative Punishment (You are removing a privilege (car keys) to decrease the behavior of breaking curfew.)
In My Hero Academia, All Might makes Deku clean up the entire beach to build the strength needed to inherit One For All
Positive Punishment (All Might adds an exhausting task (cleaning the beach) to decrease Deku's physical weakness/lack of discipline.)
You put on sunscreen before going to the beach so that you don't get a painful sunburn later
Negative Reinforcement (You perform a behavior (applying lotion) to remove/avoid an unpleasant stimulus (sunburn), making you more likely to use it next time.)
A teacher tells the class that if they stay focused for 20 minutes, she will cancel the weekend homework assignment.
Negative Reinforcement (You are removing an unpleasant stimulus (weekend homework) to increase the behavior of staying focused in class.)
A parent stops nagging their child about the dishes as soon as the child finally starts washing them.
Negative Reinforcement (You are removing an annoying stimulus (nagging) to increase the behavior of doing dishes.)
Asta (Black Clover) does 1,000 pushups every time he feels discouraged to make his feelings of inadequacy go away
Negative Reinforcement (Asta performs an action (pushups) to remove a negative feeling (inadequacy), which increases his drive to train.)
A professional athlete is fined $50,000 by the league for making an unsportsmanlike comment during an interview
Negative Punishment (The league removes a pleasant stimulus (money) to decrease unsportsmanlike comments.)
A student is banned from attending the school pep rally because they were caught skipping class
Negative Punishment (You are removing a pleasant stimulus (the pep rally) to decrease the behavior of skipping class.)
A toddler draws on the wall with crayons, so the parent makes the toddler scrub the wall clean.
Positive Punishment (You are adding an unpleasant task (scrubbing) to decrease the behavior of drawing on walls.)
Luffy (One Piece) eats the crew's emergency food supply, so Sanji bans him from the kitchen for three days
Negative Punishment (Sanji removes access to a pleasant stimulus (the kitchen) to decrease Luffy's behavior of stealing food.)
A credit card company offers "1% Cash Back" on every purchase you make with their card.
Positive Reinforcement (The company adds a stimulus (cash back) to increase the behavior of using their card.)
To stop a student from tapping their pencil, the teacher makes them stand at the back of the room for the rest of the period.
Positive Punishment (You are adding an annoying stimulus (standing at the back) to decrease the behavior of tapping the pencil.)
A sibling is told they cannot play video games for a week because they fought with their sister.
Negative Punishment (You are removing a pleasant stimulus (video games) to decrease the behavior of fighting.)
A character like Light Yagami uses the Death Note to eliminate criminals so that he can live in a world without the "annoyance" of crime
Negative Reinforcement (Light performs an action (using the Death Note) to remove an unpleasant stimulus (criminals), which increases his "cleansing" behavior.)
An alarm clock keeps beeping loudly until you physically get out of bed and press the "Off" button
Negative Reinforcement (You perform a behavior (getting up) to remove an annoying stimulus (the beep), which increases the likelihood you'll get up quickly next time.)