The classroom example of having to clean the entire classroom floor after spilling glue demonstrates which procedure?

• A. Restitutional overcorrection
• B. Positive practice
• C. Time-out
• D. Response cost

Answer: (A)

Restitutional overcorrection is when the person must restore the environment after a misbehavior and then go beyond that to repair it to a better state. Requiring someone to clean the entire classroom floor after a glue spill demonstrates this because the task goes beyond just fixing the spill; it imposes an extensive cleanup to restore—and improve—the surrounding area, teaching responsibility for the impact of their actions.

In contrast, positive practice would involve repeating the correct cleanup behavior to gain fluency, which isn’t implied by this scenario. Time-out removes access for a period, and response cost takes away a privilege or item, neither of which fit the environmental repair focus of overcorrection.