Why Do We Need Punishment Affect Learning?

Learning is one of the main reasons people do what they do or act the way that they do. People learn in all types of different ways and there are many different ways for someone to teach lessons. Learning is a means of validating or changing behaviors so that they fit social norms of what is right and wrong. What or how people learn will impact the decisions they make throughout their life. Learning and punishment can actually affect how likely someone is to develop an addiction. Due to learning being such a fundamental part of development it is important that learning is taken seriously to prevent negative things that can be affected by learning such as addictions.
Addictions always have a cause and unfortunately many times people can develop addictions simply because learning to. …show more content…
People learn by what they are taught by parents and other authority figures. People also learn by things they observe in their environments. Punishment also affects whether people will be more or less likely to partake in a certain behavior. As far as addictions go, it can be seen that if a person is used to witnessing someone who has an addiction or even commonly uses drugs and alcohol then they will be more likely to engage in those behaviors as well. Also if a person is shaped not to do drugs or alcohol then they will be less likely to develop and addiction. Punishment, whether positive or negative, will affect the number of people who develop addictions. Punishments should actually cause people to be less likely to develop addictions because they know the punishments they could receive for doing those actions. Overall because learning and punishment has a big impact on whether people will or will not partake in a certain action and therefore it is important to use learning and punishment correctly so that people will be less likely engage in behaviors that lead to