I would like to start off by saying thank you to all the soldiers
who have served or will in the future serve to protect and maintain our freedoms!
A special thank you to my grandfather Joe MacLellan, who is a retired soldier of the US Navy.
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This post goes back to November 7th, yet again.. sorry for the late posting, but life happens and being a college student is proving to be harder than I was prepared for! But enough about me, let's talk about Mr. B. F. Skinner and his idea of operant conditioning. I believe this 6 minute clip from The Big Bang Theory pretty much covers the basics, so let's start off with a giggle.. and please don't take the discovery at the end in a bad way!
Sorry, blogger wouldn't let me upload the video, so I had to post the link.
Anyway, onto B.F. Skinner:
(to the left is a sketch of Mr. Skinner) ----->
There are 4 types of operant conditioning, they are as follows:
Positive Reinforcement: giving students feedback or awards based on their good behavior with the intent to increase it.
Negative Reinforcement: the teacher stops nagging the student because the student has proved they can be trusted to do things without being asked and reminded.
Positive Punishment: the teacher openly reprimands the student for bad behavior with the intent to decrease it.
Negative Punishment: taking something away from the student based on their bad behavior (ex- recess).
I should elaborate on the names...
if the teacher is intending to:
decrease behavior --> punishment
increase behavior --> reinforcement
something is added --> positive (+)
something is taken --> negative (-)
**positive reinforcement DOES work, and is the most successful of the four**
you get more bees with honey
That's it for this blog, thanks for your time.. only two or three more entries and it will be all over!
Sincerely,
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