CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD

REINFORCEMENT AND PUNISHMENT

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
When Thuy and Gurpreet were running around the living room, they crashed into the PlayStation, breaking it. They now carefully walk through the living room.
A
Positive Reinforcement
B
Negative Reinforcement
C
Positive Punishment
D
Negative Punishment
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Losing access to a toy, being grounded, and losing reward tokens are all examples of negative punishment. In each case, something good is being taken away as a result of the individual’s undesirable behavior.

Detailed explanation-2: -An example of positive punishment is scolding a student to get the student to stop texting in class. In this case, a stimulus (the reprimand) is added in order to decrease the behavior (texting in class). In negative punishment, you remove a pleasant stimulus to decrease a behavior.

Detailed explanation-3: -Examples of Negative Reinforcement If instead of nagging Rafael’s mother took away his iPad, then that would be an example of negative punishment. Stopping alarms or other noises: That steady beeping that occurs in a car until the seatbelt is buckled is another example of negative reinforcement.

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