CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

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GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD

REINFORCEMENT AND PUNISHMENT

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Each time that students in AP psychology complete a formative assessment worksheet correctly they are given a high fives from their teacher. Because of this they try as hard as they can to do well on all of their worksheets.
A
Positive Reinforcement
B
Positive Punishment
C
Negative Reinforcement
D
Negative Punishment
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Habituation is a simple learned behavior in which an animal gradually stops responding to a repeated stimulus.

Detailed explanation-2: -One point for a response that indicates a reward being received for a behavior: in this example, Todd receiving a lollipop for cooperating with the doctor. Todd received a lollipop from his doctor, which is an example of positive reinforcement.

Detailed explanation-3: -Positive reinforcer: Any pleasant stimulus rewarded after a desired behavior. Negative reinforcer: Anything that counteracts an unpleasant stimulus. Escape conditioning: Conditioning with a negative reinforcer that reduces or removes the unpleasantness of something that already exists.

Detailed explanation-4: -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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