Paper On Positive Reinforcement

Positive reinforcement is receiving something good to lead up to target behavior. It is very effective tool to help shape and alter behavior. Positive reinforcement is offering an appealing incentive after the person or animal exhibit the desired behavior to make the behavior more likely to happen in the future. There are two types of positive reinforcement, scheduled and continuous. Continuous offered something after every desired response. Scheduled positive reinforcements offered reinforcements in fixed ratio, variable ratio, fixed interval, or variable interval after desired responses.
Just two weeks ago, there was a get together at my house. My whole family was present. My cousin, who is 11 years old, has to be on some manner of electronic devices. When, he came to my house, he was either on T.V or on my laptop or on a cell-phone. I
However, the concept behind this act was that he breaks free from electronic devices and hang out with us. Now only, I know that this is actually a psychological concept and it is very efficient. At that time, I just thought that it was a one-time event. Now, when I look back, I can see that even in future positive reinforcement would work on him or anyone to alter the behavior and make it more likely to happen in future. I presented my cousin a motivating item after the desired behavior that he exhibited. My giving him mint-flavored chewing gum was the desired reward for acting the way I wanted him to do.
I used continuous positive reinforcement to get him to play with us. I believe that the next time when we will meet, he will still come and play with us instead of playing on cell phone. But because I used continuous positive reinforcement, I have doubt that if I would not offer him the desired reward, then after a while he will go back to being his normal self, where he just stay alone and do not interact with anyone other than with cell phone or