CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Positive Reinforcement: Adding something pleasant or desirable (e.g., toy, food, attention) to make a target behavior more likely to occur. Negative Reinforcement: Taking something unpleasant or undesired away (e.g., aspirin to relieve a migraine) to make a target behavior more likely to occur.

Detailed explanation-2: -Variable ratio where the person is reinforced after a variable number of responses. Variable ratio intermittent reinforcement is the most effective schedule to reinforce a behavior.

Detailed explanation-3: -There are four types of reinforcement: positive reinforcement, negative reinforcement, extinction, and punishment.

Detailed explanation-4: -A first-then board is a visual tool that is based on the principle that a person’s motivation to complete a less preferred activity is increased when it is followed by a more preferred activity.