GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD
LANGUAGE ACQUISITION THEORIES
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Positive reinforcement
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Negative reinforcement
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Reinforcement and punishment both work independently, as well as together, as part of a behavior plan. Positive reinforcement works exceedingly better and faster than punishment.
Detailed explanation-2: -The most effective way to teach a person or animal a new behavior is with positive reinforcement.
Detailed explanation-3: -People often find positive reinforcement easier to swallow than other methods of training, since it doesn’t involve taking anything away or introducing a negative consequence. It’s also much easier to encourage behaviors than to discourage them, making reinforcement a more powerful tool than punishment in most cases.
Detailed explanation-4: -Among the reinforcement schedules, variable ratio is the most productive and the most resistant to extinction. Fixed interval is the least productive and the easiest to extinguish (Figure 1).
Detailed explanation-5: -Variable ratio: Variable ratio intermittent reinforcement is the most effective schedule to reinforce a behavior. Reinforcing a person’s behavior after an unpredictable number of responses.