Reinforcement

Although a thank you and perhaps a random gift card is nice, this program makes sure that the reward is meaningful for the employee. This enables the employee to really feel satisfaction from completing a task and provides meaningful positive reinforcement. Besides this, a program that is known company wide and tailored to specific goals is a lot more meaningful to an employee as opposed to a simple handshake. A handshake can be very unclear and even interpreted wrong when it comes to a reward.…

The theory behind Skinner’s empirical study was that individuals is subject to superstitious behavior, an act in which one establishes a conditioned behavioral response to a drive regardless of there being no apparent correlation between the behavior and the drive. To test his hypothesis, Skinner established an experiment with pigeons. The pigeons were famished and then put into a cage which had a food hopper attached to it. The food hopper was controlled by a clock, and would therefore give…

Reinforcement is a concept that has been defined throughout history and specifically a term that was coined when the operant conditioning theory was introduced. Early theorists in the far past were giving broad explanations as to what they believed was the process in which we learn new information. Later in the recent past psychologists were providing reinforcement theories, specifically the operant conditioning theory. This theory has everything pertaining to reinforcement which were more…

studying operant conditioning: positive reinforcement, negative reinforcement, positive punishment, and negative punishment to name a few. Positive and negative reinforcement are neither good nor bad. For instance, positive reinforcement would be something like running a race and receiving a medal for the place you finished. A great negative reinforcement would be applying sunscreen to your skin when you go outside; the sunscreen is a negative reinforcement so you don’t get burnt. Next is…

by various reinforcement contingencies. Therefore, punishment will be more effective when a certain behavior is not reinforced at the same time that punishment contingencies are involved. For example, when a teacher tries to use punishment in the classroom, it is common for the student’s peers to reinforce the child’s inappropriate behavior through laughing or clapping or yelling. Punishment would be expected to be less effective when peers reinforce the child. 4. Timing of reinforcement Most…

Behavior Modification Theory’ would be the most beneficial for the ‘blue’ personality traits and learning style. This theory uses positive reinforcement to motivate and maintain a desired behavior from an individual. I think that this method goes well with the part of the personality that desires to be praised and encouraged. This theory also uses negative reinforcement to remove and discourage an undesired behavior from an individual. I think that this method goes well with the part of the…

seeks comfort. This corresponds with what Bowlby (1907) along with Ainsworth (1913) suggest in their theory regarding attachment (Holmes, 2001). Although this attachment is positive, it can also have an adverse effect when implementing negative reinforcement as she will often try to pursue the humour in her inappropriate behaviour and does not always have a serious attitude. After reflecting on my practice, I do not feel confident in implementing all strategies of behaviour management. Thus, I…

conditioning. Operant conditioning is the use of effect to modify the existance and form of behaviour. It involve the stimulus and response that is when a stimulus is provided, a response is achieved. Meanwhile, reinforcement provided could be positive or negative. Learning takes place by reinforcement, if there is an unwanted behaviour, punishment takes its…

First there is reinforcement and punishment. Reinforcement means when following a response, that response is most likely to happen again. Primary reinforcers reinforce a response by meeting a biological need. Secondary reinforcers is a praise often paired with a primary reinforcer. Shaping is reinforcement of simple steps that lead to a desired behavior. Extinction is the disappearance or weakening of a certain…

are four different types of operant responses; positive reinforcement, negative reinforcement, positive punishment, and negative punishment. There are also, four schedules of partial reinforcement; fixed ratio, variable ratio, variable interval, and fixed interval. “Positive reinforcement is the addition of a reward following a desired behavior with the purpose of increasing the likelihood the behavior will occur again.” Positive reinforcement is rewarding someone for something even if they…