The Reward

Moreover being in a second grade classroom, I feel that one instructional practice that really benefits the students in my classroom is repetition. They often times need to observe or practice something multiple times before they are fully in understanding. For example, every week the students are assigned a series of twelve new vocabulary words that they practice every day for twenty minutes a day through various activities, along with practicing them at school they are encouraged to practice…

Their motivational drive is excellence rather than fame. Logically, organizations want to retain these high performing employees who are assets. Based on the article, in order to retain them, there has to be a combination of intrinsic and extrinsic rewards. In my previous job, one of my coworkers was an invisible, however, the president did not understand how to motivate her and thought money was the only way. As a result, the company lost a valuable asset. Overall, knowing how to successfully…

Video games have come along way since I was in school. Many video games that I remember were highly entertaining and hardly had an educational aspect to it. What I have been noticing is that many video games today are very much taking an educational aspect to it. Companies are deliberately creating video games for students that actually help them reach their full potential in school. I find this very benefiting as many students today and in the future will grow up in an age were technology will…

Intrinsic and extrinsic motivation are two very different concepts. Intrinsic motivation is like a natural drive in my opinion. You want to do the task you are doing because you enjoy it. While on the other hand, extrinsic motivation is drive to do a certain task because you will be getting something in return. You aren’t technically interested in what you are doing you just want what there is to gain from it. After reading about these two concepts the first thing that popped into my head is…

ability to satisfy some individual need.” (Johnson, R. C., 2005). Employee motivation is to fill the employee’s needs and expectations of work and the workplace factors. Treating employee with respect, providing regular employees recognition, rewards, and flexibility; work life, job security, career advancement, and working conditions. Those are the examples or factors that encourage motivation. These employee motivations are key to increased organizational performance and success.…

“reinforcement”? There are two types of reinforcement: positive reinforcement and negative reinforcement. With positive reinforcement, you add something desirable in order to increase a certain response. For example, when a child uses manners, the parent rewards the child with praise or a sign of approval. The child will then do more in order to get that response from their parent. With negative reinforcement, you add an uncomfortable situation or take something away to make the situation…

is presented days later with the addition of the unconditioned stimulus, then spontaneous recovery may occur (Kowalski & Westen, 2011). In operant conditioning, extinction involves the removal of the reinforcement, positive or negative. With out a reward for their behavior, subjects will be less likely to repeat the behavior because they gain nothing from it (Kowalski & Westen, 2011). This becomes handy in the case of phobias or addictions learned through classic or operant…

Expectancy Theory As stated in the text, the Expectancy Theory proposes that, “people are motivated when they believe they can accomplish the task, they will get the reward, and the rewards for doing the task are worth the effort” (91). As I explained in my vision, I am a firm believer in this theory and I feel that I can relate to what it suggests. There are three variable conditions that must be met in order for motivation to take place, according to this theory. Expectancy, “refers to the…

Positive reinforcement occurs when one rewards a behavior with some kind of treat at the end of the behavior. Punishment occurs when you deter a behavior with disciplinary action. A great example for both of these involves children. One might consider how they will raise their children and look…

Now I cannot get her to read a book without her asking me “what am I going to get”? I never link the rewards to her behavior of wanting something in return for everything she is ask to do. Now that I know the downside of operant conditioning, no more rewards. The learning theory best suited to Nursing is the operant conditioning theory. This theory is best suited to the nursing field because here new behavior/actions are learned…