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In chapter 7, I found the concept of punishment to be most intriguing. Punishment is a part of operant conditioning which was theorized by B.F. Skinner. Punishment is often confused with negative reinforcement. However, the main difference between the two is: while the goal of reinforcement is to increase the likelihood of a behavior, the primary goal of punishment is to reduce the chances of the behavior it follows. In 1938, Skinner concluded that punishment produces only temporary suppression of behavior but later research found that effects may be permanent.

The major key findings that were discovered in this study include the idea that it is possible that after being conditioned to react to a certain stimulus, the subject could possibly begin to generalize different objects that may cause the subject to react the same way towards the generalized stimuli as the subject did to the original stimulus. Another finding is that classical conditioning is something that could potentially have a long lasting effect on someone, especially if the subject formed a generalization to the original stimulus. The researchers felt that because of the lack of experimental evidence provided about the subject before this experiment prompted them to research it

This method is called deception, in which the participants are not told something, for benefit of the experiment as a whole. In the experimenter’s point- of-view, the actor is strapped to the metal armchair and the deceived participant acts as a teacher that is testing memory and reads off pairs of words (Blass, Print). After this procedure, the actor must repeat the pairs, only given one of the two words. The actor soon begins to get the words incorrect and the participant who is teaching must electrocute the actor when they answer a question wrong. In reality, the actor really wasn’t receiving the shocks, yet pretended to.

Skinners experiment was based on operant conditioning, using the concept of discrimination learning, he carried out experiments on animals with the idea that their behaviour is predetermined by their environment and using a well controlled environment would allow him to in turn control their behaviours using a range of triggers. Using reinforcement and expectancy, the animal associates acting out certain behaviours with rewards. (Toates, F., 2010, pp. 165-167) After performing a number of experiments on rats using mazes, he subsequently designed the Skinner box.

Mr. Byrne is having trouble getting his students to listen. He is trying scolding as a punishment, but that is not working. By the end of this essay, Mr. Byrne will learn how use operant conditioning to get his seventh grade students to listen. Mr. Byrne can 't understand why scolding his seventh-grade students for disruptive classroom behaviors makes them unrulier. Mr. Byrne 's can use operant conditioning techniques to reduce disruptive behaviors and increase cooperative behaviors.

This experiment will change the way Psychologist’s work. It will be as guidelines regarding the treatment of research participants. Present and future psychological experiments should not use deception to attract the people to participate in it and they should not bring harm to the

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The University of Rochester replicated the original experiment. This time though there was an important twist and The first group was given an unreliable experience and the second group a good experience. The effect was very dramatic on the marshmallow experiment. The children who had unreliable experiences ate the marshmallow quickly and the other group waited because they knew he could be trusted. The first group saw delayed gratification as a negative and the second group saw it as a positive based on their

Nevertheless, Skinner points out that children learn nothing from the punishment. Instead, they may start to work out how to avoid it (Nolan & Raban, 2015). Another concept is classical conditioning (classical behaviorism) that emphasizes on the relation between stimuli and response. This concept embodies in a famous experiment, in which the food is presented to the dog when the bell rings, and the bell becomes a conditioned stimulus for the dog (Nolan & Raban, 2015). Likewise, if children receive toys in the condition that they behave well, then they will probably repeat this behavior to get the toys.

In the book “Make your Bed” I learned many things about how to better myself and the world. In the first chapter Admiral William H. Raven talked about making your bed. I was surprised how he took a simple task and made it a lesson. The lesson is if you make your bed every morning then you will feel enough pride to accomplish something else that day. I was beyond amazed how true this was, but instead of making my bed I started to make myself breakfast instead of skipping breakfast.

A positive punishment would be the coach making me do shuttle runs to improve my stamina when trying to take the ball from an opponent after I had lost it or when the player has lost the ball I can assist in getting the ball back with stamina. The negative punishment would be would be if we as a team lose a match the coach makes us run endless laps and it would effectively stop us from losing any more matches. To summarize reinforcement elicits a positive response and a punishment elicits a negative

Whether you’re applying positive punishment and removing negative reinforcement, these two methods do not last very long and don’t benefit the child in any way. Behavior has consequences and consequences influence behavior. This is a voluntary response strengthened by positive reinforcement to increase and strengthen behavior. This type of response is more likely to happen. If you want the right thing to happen, reward it with positive measures.

In this case, reinforcement is referring to having an increase in behavior and regarding to punishment its defined to decrease a behavior. The reinforcement and punishment can consist of being positive and or negative. In operant conditioning, the most effective method to utilize is positive reinforcement, which is beneficial for the change of one’s behavior. Positive Reinforcement

I first encountered the joys of research through my seventh-grade science fair project. I had decided that I simply had to have the coolest experiment and after the assignment had been announced I spent the rest of my day trying to procure epic project ideas. Then after excitedly presenting the assignment to my Dad, I realized that neither of us knew how to execute any of my ideas. With my Dad’s guidance, I then decided that it was more important to conduct quality research than to have the coolest experiment. With this in mind, I selected a topic within behavior science, my Dad’s field, so I could have maximum help and assistance.