PSYC 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Learned Helplessness, Stuffed Toy, Strn
8 Dec 2015
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Chapter 6 e, f, g: applications c. Positive & negative reinforcement: removal of a pleasant stimulus or application of unpleasant stimulus that reduces the probability that a particular response will be repeated. (grounded because your room"s a mess. ) Punishment: decreases the responses and behavior of interest. Negative reinforcement clean your room and i"ll stop nagging you . Corporal punishment: harsh physical punishment associated with negative outcomes, make punishment consistent, explain the punishment, use non-corporal punishments. Gershoff (2002) summarized the results of 88 studies and found that physical punishment is associated with poor-quality parent-child relationships, elevated aggression, delinquency, and behavioural problems in youngsters, and is associated with an increased likelihood of children being abused. Harsh physical punishment was also associated with increased aggression, criminal behaviour, mental health problems, and child abuse among adults who were physically punished as children. If you want to eliminate a response, you should punish the response every time it occurs.
