CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD

LEARNING THEORIES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Skinner’s advice was to avoid overusing what type of conditioning?
A
Reinforcement
B
Extinction
C
Punishment
D
Generalisation
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -His research suggested that punishment was an ineffective way of controlling behavior, leading generally to short-term behavior change, but resulting mostly in the subject attempting to avoid the punishing stimulus instead of avoiding the behavior that was causing punishment.

Detailed explanation-2: -Operant conditioning was first described by behaviorist B.F. Skinner. His theory was based on two assumptions. First, the cause of human behavior is something in a person’s environment.

Detailed explanation-3: -In operant conditioning, punishment is any change in a human or animal’s surroundings which, occurring after a given behavior or response, reduces the likelihood of that behavior occurring again in the future.

Detailed explanation-4: -Negative punishment, an operant conditioning technique, reduces a behavior or response by taking away a favorable stimulus following that action.

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