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    Reinforcement, in the way of the desired activity or object must be delivered on every occasion he engages in the appropriate behavior; meaning when he asks for a break, it is delivered initially. However, it must not be delivered when the undesired behavior is displayed; which requires a clearly defined operational definition of both behaviors and consistency across providers. As the learner becomes more proficient at the utilization of the alternate method and the unwanted behavior is decreasing

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    Negative reinforcement is when something negative or unpleasant is removed after the situation to reinforce a future behavior. Contrary to reinforcement is punishment. Positive punishment is when an unpleasant event is added to a situation following a behavior (e.g. unpleasant scolding). Negative punishment is when something pleasant is removed from the situation following a behavior (e.g. losing privileges). The alternative to reinforcing or punishing is ignoring a behavior. This is known as extinction

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    Positive reinforcement is a way we can teach children, adults, and even animals that uses a reward as a way of showing approval for a behavior that is wanted in an effort to continue that particular behavior. For example, my daughter responded well in school when her good behavior in class was rewarded with the opportunity to pick something from the class treasure box, which was usually a book to read. Negative reinforcement is how we can teach children and adults to give the wanted behavior by

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    Inclined to believe in the successes of positive reinforcement, I believed promising and delivering rewards to individuals for completing an enjoyable activity would make them enjoy the particular activity even more. Maybe the reward could offer incentive to persevere. If enough satisfaction can be obtained through the activity itself, the reward could simply be perceived as a bonus and one’s intrinsic motivation, one’s desire to engage in an activity for the sole purpose of personal enjoyment, remaining

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    our yard and not run out in the road through the process of negative reinforcement. We had an electronic tool that would send out a sound that is unpleasant to dogs if he passed the perimeter of the restricted area. Upon returning within the perimeter of the yard, the noise stops. Because the noise being removed increased my dog’s behavior of remaining within our yard, this behavior was learned through negative reinforcement. 2. I learned how to properly study for math courses in my pre-calculus

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    The Positive Reinforcement It is important to note that reinforcement is not just a simple reward system. To BF Skinner, reinforcement may be any event which increases the frequency of the preceding action. A reaction may be a tangible reward which can be a compliment or attention, or it may be an activity, like having a break after an hour of study (Skinner & Ferster, 2015). Primary and Secondary Reinforcements Primary reinforcements like how to get food are intrinsically satisfying. Secondary

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    conditioning and continuous reinforcement throughout his classroom. Operant conditioning is the behavior in which voluntary behavior are strengthened or weakened by consequences, while continuous reinforcement deals with giving a reinforcer after every response. These reinforcers can be either positive or negative, strengthening or weakening the behavior that occurred. Positive reinforcements are there to increase the opportunity of a specific behavior reoccurring and negative reinforcement is strengthening

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    Using positive reinforcement with children is imperative when teaching them correct behavior. Children seek out the approval of the parents or guardians in their life. Part of being a good parent is knowing when to show disapproval of bad behavior and reward good behavior. Remember that positive reinforcement acknowledges the good behavior in a child without focusing on their not so great performance. The two types of reinforcements that are used with children are verbal and physical. Verbal Reinforcement

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    suggests that animals do understand the difference between reinforcement and punishment procedures. The empirical articles used to support this information consist of reinforcements that consist of social attention, and reward. As well as punishment procedures that consists of shock and discrimination procedures. The first article used sheltered dogs, owned dogs, and hand-reared wolves and examined social reinforcement and food reinforcement. The second article discusses the history of dogs in from

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    CONTENTS:  REINFORCEMENT THEORY  POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT  NEGATIVE REINFORCEMENT  PENALTY  EXTINCTION  STRENGTH AND WEAKNESS OF REINFORCEMENT Executive Summary This report is concern about reinforcement theory of motivation that how companies motivate their employees. Reinforcement theory was proposed by B.F Skinner which says that individual behavior is a function of consequences. Which means that when an individual treats with different set of ways his action repeated in similar

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