CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD

REINFORCEMENT AND PUNISHMENT

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is Punishment?
A
Gradual removal of prompts
B
The process in which a previously reinforced behaviour is no longer followed by reinforcing consequences, resulting in decrease of behaviour
C
The process in which a behaviour is followed by a consequence that results in the decrease of the likelihood that behaviour would occur again
D
Increases likelihood behaviour will occur in the future
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Punishment is a term used in operant conditioning psychology to refer to any change that occurs after a behavior that reduces the likelihood that that behavior will occur again in the future.

Detailed explanation-2: -Punishment involves learning about the relationship between behavior and its adverse consequences. Punishment is fundamental to reinforcement learning, decision-making and choice, and is disrupted in psychiatric disorders such as addiction, depression, and psychopathy.

Detailed explanation-3: -Negative punishment happens when a certain reinforcing stimulus is removed after a particular undesired behavior is exhibited, resulting in the behavior happening less often in the future.

Detailed explanation-4: -A punishment in psychology is a consequence which reduces or aims to reduce the likelihood of a targeted and undesirable behavior from happening again. Punishment is a part of operant conditioning, or the use of rewards to encourage certain behaviors and use of negative consequences to discourage unwanted behaviors.

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