Assess The Difference Between Positive And Negative Reinforcement
THEORISTS…
Over the years, many theorists have explained how they think children and young people develop. Many of their theories are widely known and used in households and schools all over the world to good effect.
B.F. Skinner believed that operant conditioning was the best way to understand behavior. Operant conditioning is a method of learning, where rewards and punishments are given for different types of behavior. This way of learning associates behavior with a consequence for that behavior.
Operant conditioning is based on a system of positive and negative reinforcement. Both positive and negative reinforcement can be used to strengthen or increase a behavior.
Positive reinforcement is anything that comes after a behavior that makes it more likely for that behavior to happen again in the future. When good behavior is rewarded, there is more chance that the behavior will be repeated.
In my setting, we reward positive behavior with such things like a ‘Golden Award’, at the end of the week or smiley face cards which can be accumulated and counted at the end of every term.
Negative reinforcement is when the behavior is strengthened or increased by stopping, preventing or avoiding a bad outcome before it happens.
Negative reinforcement is also applied within my workplace. When it is time for …show more content…
An example of this that is applied in our class would be, when a child has worked particularly well at a task, the adult would then show how proud they are for what they have done, without rewarding them with stickers or gifts. A simple response such as “Wow! That work is amazing, I think we should show it to Miss Brown.” The behavior of the adult can encourage the child to have pride in what they have achieved, and to work towards this sense of achievement that they feel instead of working towards a reward such as a sticker or another kind of
Over the years, many theorists have explained how they think children and young people develop. Many of their theories are widely known and used in households and schools all over the world to good effect.
B.F. Skinner believed that operant conditioning was the best way to understand behavior. Operant conditioning is a method of learning, where rewards and punishments are given for different types of behavior. This way of learning associates behavior with a consequence for that behavior.
Operant conditioning is based on a system of positive and negative reinforcement. Both positive and negative reinforcement can be used to strengthen or increase a behavior.
Positive reinforcement is anything that comes after a behavior that makes it more likely for that behavior to happen again in the future. When good behavior is rewarded, there is more chance that the behavior will be repeated.
In my setting, we reward positive behavior with such things like a ‘Golden Award’, at the end of the week or smiley face cards which can be accumulated and counted at the end of every term.
Negative reinforcement is when the behavior is strengthened or increased by stopping, preventing or avoiding a bad outcome before it happens.
Negative reinforcement is also applied within my workplace. When it is time for …show more content…
An example of this that is applied in our class would be, when a child has worked particularly well at a task, the adult would then show how proud they are for what they have done, without rewarding them with stickers or gifts. A simple response such as “Wow! That work is amazing, I think we should show it to Miss Brown.” The behavior of the adult can encourage the child to have pride in what they have achieved, and to work towards this sense of achievement that they feel instead of working towards a reward such as a sticker or another kind of