CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

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GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD

REINFORCEMENT AND PUNISHMENT

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Martha was a five-year-old girl who attended preschool. She seldom played with the other children. Workers at the preschool began praising and admiring Martha when she engaged in cooperative play with other children. As a result of this procedure Martha’s level of cooperative play with the other children increased.
A
Positive Reinforcement
B
Negative Reinforcement
C
Positive Punishment
D
Negative Punishment
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Negative Reinforcement You leave home earlier than usual one morning, and don’t run into heavy traffic. You leave home earlier again the next morning and again you avoid heavy traffic. Your behavior of leaving home earlier is strengthened by the consequence of the avoidance of heavy traffic.

Detailed explanation-2: -Negative reinforcement occurs when something unpleasant or uncomfortable is removed or taken away in order to increase the likelihood of the desired behavior. Kids want to avoid the nagging, so they do what needs to be done. Thus, taking away something unpleasant, in this case, nagging, results in the desired behavior.

Detailed explanation-3: -The correct answer is d. A continuous interval regularly offers rewards, which is what makes it continuous. The other answers vary which parts of the procedure they use to give rewards, but regardless, they only partially reinforce the behavior, making these more complex and interesting.

Detailed explanation-4: -Punishment is a consequence that decreases the likelihood that a behavior will occur again. It is also straightforward like reinforcement.

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