The major concept that I would explore in this assessment is the work of Skinner and his Operant, Instrumental and Respondent Conditioning, which looks at the different types of reinforcement and punishment for a child in a way that removes the behaviour by shifting contingencies and changes the reinforcement and punishment. Firstly, when looking at “Positive Reinforcement”, is the addition of pleasurable stimulus that increases the likelihood of a desirable behaviour being performed. Within Positive reinforcement, the reinforcement can be: fixed internal reinforcement schedule, variable interval reinforcement schedule, and Ratio reinforcement schedule. In contrast, there is “Negative reinforcement” which looks at the removal of a painful stimulus
