CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD

OPERANT CONDITIONING

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Getting your mouth washed out with soap for swearing.
A
Positive reinforcement
B
Negative reinforcement
C
Positive punishment
D
Negative punishment
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Washing out the mouth with soap is most often used as a response to profanity, lying, biting, tobacco use, or verbal disrespect. It functions both as a symbolic “cleansing” following the infraction and as a deterrent, due to the foul aftertaste.

Detailed explanation-2: -This particular punishment has traditionally been used to try to curb a young child’s potty mouth. The effort to “wash” bad words from a child’s mouth at least makes sense symbolically, using (childish) logic that children can perhaps understand on some level.

Detailed explanation-3: -Positive punishment is when you add a consequence to unwanted behavior. You do this to make it less appealing. An example of positive punishment is adding more chores to the list when your child neglects their responsibilities.

Detailed explanation-4: -Some positive punishment examples include: Take away something special from the child, such as his favorite toy or a piece of candy, for a set amount of time. This could be a day, week, or month depending on what the teacher believes is best for her students’ needs and circumstances.

Detailed explanation-5: -An example of positive reinforcement is: A child receives money for doing chores. Negative reinforcement is where instead of being rewarded with an item for making positive choices, and item or stimulus is removed after a specific behavior is shown.

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