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A person is rewarded for desired behavior by having something unpleasant removed. This removal is the reward. For example, in the workplace a person may find it undesirable to be monitored closely. If a person is doing their job to the held standard, they may not be monitored as closely anymore. This removal of the monitoring is the reward for consistently doing their job well.
B.F. Skinner used the rat to demonstrate positive reinforcement, but he also utilized the same test to prove negative reinforcement. Skinner placed an electric current inside the box. The electric current was an unpleasant stimulus for the rat. The rat inadvertently hit the lever and learned that this turned the electric current off. Through several trials, the rat learned that if it went straight to the lever, it would turn off the current (McLeod, 2007).
Reinforcement theory provides two methods of eliminating undesirable behaviors. One is negative punishment and the other is positive punishment.
To avoid any confusion we can think of negative as a minus sign (-) and positive as a plus sign (+). In other words: * Negative Punishment: Remove (-) what individuals like when they have performed the undesired behavior (Griggs, …show more content…
Some of these tools are questionnaires and research used by the researchers as they conduct the proposed study.
Research Research is simply the systematic search for pertinent information on a specific topic or problem. It is a systematic study or investigation or something for the purpose of answering questions posed by the researchers. It includes reviewing journals, periodicals, and books to obtain background information, technical material, and news about industry trends and developments.
Questionnaire A pre-written series of questions used in gathering important information from one or more persons. This will be given to the individual who has a direct bearing on the study and in order to satisfy the researcher’s goal that is to get and measure the opinions, polls, and attitude of the respondents of the
B.F. Skinner used the rat to demonstrate positive reinforcement, but he also utilized the same test to prove negative reinforcement. Skinner placed an electric current inside the box. The electric current was an unpleasant stimulus for the rat. The rat inadvertently hit the lever and learned that this turned the electric current off. Through several trials, the rat learned that if it went straight to the lever, it would turn off the current (McLeod, 2007).
Reinforcement theory provides two methods of eliminating undesirable behaviors. One is negative punishment and the other is positive punishment.
To avoid any confusion we can think of negative as a minus sign (-) and positive as a plus sign (+). In other words: * Negative Punishment: Remove (-) what individuals like when they have performed the undesired behavior (Griggs, …show more content…
Some of these tools are questionnaires and research used by the researchers as they conduct the proposed study.
Research Research is simply the systematic search for pertinent information on a specific topic or problem. It is a systematic study or investigation or something for the purpose of answering questions posed by the researchers. It includes reviewing journals, periodicals, and books to obtain background information, technical material, and news about industry trends and developments.
Questionnaire A pre-written series of questions used in gathering important information from one or more persons. This will be given to the individual who has a direct bearing on the study and in order to satisfy the researcher’s goal that is to get and measure the opinions, polls, and attitude of the respondents of the