Society has high expectations as to how individuals act in the presence of others and more importantly the type of conduct they show in an institution. Society runs on structure and if individuals do not know how to properly behave in societies’ preexisting standards, then it can turn chaotic. One approach to supporting societies structure is behavior. Initially “teachers are concerned with establishing and enforcing rules and they express discomfort with their authoritarian roles” (Jones & Vesilind, 1995). But school educators must exercise their authority since they are of importance in molding good behavior in children that will be beneficial to school settings and the society as the child reaches adulthood. School systems play a big role
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Skinner believed that good behavior would be learned if an individual were rewarded with something pleasureable for them after an expected behavior. He also believed good behavior can be acquired if a “bad behavior” is punished. Educators in school systems have incorporated the method of Token Economy as a reinforcement for good classroom conduct, and it has been proven effective, now educators have noticed the “amount of inappropriate behavior exhibited by children decreased” (Filcheck, McNeil & Bernard, 2004). Token Economy is a technique were educators give tokens (play money) to children at the end of class if throughout the day they demonstrated good behavior, engagement in acts such as raising their hands to speak, keeping their hands to themselves, and following instructions earned them token. When the child sees the quantity of “money” they have accumulate it reinforces them to keep behaving in such way that would earn him/her more, eventually they learn to relate good behavior with satisfaction. At the end, some time during the school year, the teachers offer toys, pizza, or a no homework pass in exchange of tokens they have earned, this action is seen as an incentive to keep promoting the child to earn tokens for …show more content…
This is the idea that “several responses made to the same situation, those accompanied or closely followed by satisfaction are likely to be learned” (Shiraev, 2015). Thorndike, in other words, assumed that individuals would learn appropriate behaviors based on the idea of previous exposure to the same situation in roughly the same environment. For example, a child in a school environment can easily associate what behaviors give him satisfaction and praise. Being in school classroom 5 times a week for 7 hours a day turns to be a well-known environment for the child, therefore as time passes he becomes more accustomed to such behavior that reward him in a way where he feels satisfaction and he will reenact that same behavior. “Researchers also have shown that the power of praise increases when it is delivered in close physical proximity to the student” (Gable, Hester & Rock, 2009), so educators praise the child every time that they elicit the expected behavior. As an example if a child completes his class work and gets a good job remark from his teacher that might trigger satisfaction for him. Aside from that it can also act as a reinforcer from having others listening to such praise, with praise you can expect the child to continue good conduct which can also elicit such behaviors from other children watching so that they too can be praised. It can be predicted that from on now the child will complete class assignments
Skinner believed that good behavior would be learned if an individual were rewarded with something pleasureable for them after an expected behavior. He also believed good behavior can be acquired if a “bad behavior” is punished. Educators in school systems have incorporated the method of Token Economy as a reinforcement for good classroom conduct, and it has been proven effective, now educators have noticed the “amount of inappropriate behavior exhibited by children decreased” (Filcheck, McNeil & Bernard, 2004). Token Economy is a technique were educators give tokens (play money) to children at the end of class if throughout the day they demonstrated good behavior, engagement in acts such as raising their hands to speak, keeping their hands to themselves, and following instructions earned them token. When the child sees the quantity of “money” they have accumulate it reinforces them to keep behaving in such way that would earn him/her more, eventually they learn to relate good behavior with satisfaction. At the end, some time during the school year, the teachers offer toys, pizza, or a no homework pass in exchange of tokens they have earned, this action is seen as an incentive to keep promoting the child to earn tokens for …show more content…
This is the idea that “several responses made to the same situation, those accompanied or closely followed by satisfaction are likely to be learned” (Shiraev, 2015). Thorndike, in other words, assumed that individuals would learn appropriate behaviors based on the idea of previous exposure to the same situation in roughly the same environment. For example, a child in a school environment can easily associate what behaviors give him satisfaction and praise. Being in school classroom 5 times a week for 7 hours a day turns to be a well-known environment for the child, therefore as time passes he becomes more accustomed to such behavior that reward him in a way where he feels satisfaction and he will reenact that same behavior. “Researchers also have shown that the power of praise increases when it is delivered in close physical proximity to the student” (Gable, Hester & Rock, 2009), so educators praise the child every time that they elicit the expected behavior. As an example if a child completes his class work and gets a good job remark from his teacher that might trigger satisfaction for him. Aside from that it can also act as a reinforcer from having others listening to such praise, with praise you can expect the child to continue good conduct which can also elicit such behaviors from other children watching so that they too can be praised. It can be predicted that from on now the child will complete class assignments