CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD

REINFORCEMENT AND PUNISHMENT

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Your little sister is 4 years old. She is a fantastic artist. Unfortunately she just drew her best Picasso-style picture on your parents freshly painted bedroom wall. As a result, your parents take away her prized Crayola crayons
A
Positive Reinforcement
B
Negative Reinforcement
C
Positive Punishment
D
Negative Punishment
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -6 Examples of Positive Punishment in Practice Yelling at a child for bad behavior. Forcing them to do an unpleasant task when they misbehave. Adding chores and responsibilities when he fails to follow the rules. Assigning students who forget to turn in their assignment extra work.

Detailed explanation-2: -Explanation: In operant conditioning, “negative” and “positive” refer to whether an unpleasant stimulus is taken away or a pleasant stimulus is added, respectively. “Reinforcement” increases the likelihood a behavior will occur, while “punishment” decreases the likelihood a behavior will occur.

Detailed explanation-3: -Negative punishment is the opposite of positive punishment. It’s when you take something away from the child until the unwanted behavior changes. An easy example of negative punishment is taking away some sort of toy from the child if they are not staying on task or performing the preferred behavior.

Detailed explanation-4: -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.

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