CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD

BEHAVIOURIST THEORIES

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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]

A primary school teacher uses snakes and ladder reward chart. Students will go up the ladder if they are well behaved and down the snake if they are badly behaved. Which reinforcement is this?

A	Negative reinforcement
B	Positive reinforcement
C	Both of the above
D	None of the above

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -A common example of behaviorism is positive reinforcement. A student gets a small treat if they get 100% on their spelling test. In the future, students work hard and study for their test in order to get the reward.

Detailed explanation-2: -An example of behaviorism is when teachers reward their class or certain students with a party or special treat at the end of the week for good behavior throughout the week. The same concept is used with punishments. The teacher can take away certain privileges if the student misbehaves.

Detailed explanation-3: -Behaviorism is primarily concerned with observable behavior, as opposed to internal events like thinking. Behavior is the result of stimulus–response (i.e., all behavior, no matter how complex, can be reduced to a simple stimulus – response features).

Detailed explanation-4: -This theory says that an individual can be motivated to action by something that is outside of themselves. For example, getting a new car will motivate a teenager to graduate high school. Getting money will motivate an adult to go to work every day.

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