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Monday, February 10, 2014

Positive and Negative Reinforcement (Blog #5)




Classical conditioning deals with association that are made between a natural stimulus and a learned, neutral stimulus. On the other side is Operant conditioning. Operant conditioning results from one's actions and the consequences they cause. Many times this conditioning is a result of reinforcements, both positive and negative.


Your Assignment:

1.) Define both negative and positive reinforcements.
2.) Come up with real life examples, (preferably school or extra-curricular activities, but could be outside of school) that show negative and positive reinforcements.


Due: Sunday by no later than 11:59p.m.

13 comments:

  1. 1.Positive reinforcement is when you do something good and are rewarded with something good or "positive".
    Negative reinforcement is when you do something bad and are punished to change that habit or whatever you are being punished for.
    2. An example of positive reinforcement is when you put in the man hours to work hard in school, you are rewarded with a "Good Job!". An example of negative reinforcement is when you get in trouble at school and are sent to Mrs. Brown/Mr. Osmand for disciplining.

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  2. 1.Positive reinforcements is a technique used by Parents and Caregivers to modify their children's behavior by reinforcing desired behaviors and Negative reinforcement occurs when something already present is removed (taken away) as a result of a person's behavior.
    2. An example for positive is when you work hard in basketball practice you win games, a negative example is if you don't practice hard you will lose games.

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  3. 1) Negative Reinforcement is a response or behavior is strengthened by stopping, removing, or avoiding a negative outcome. Positive Reinforcement is when a favorable outcome, event, or reward occurs after an action,and that particular response or behavior is strengthened.
    2) A positive Reinforcement may be when we give our dog cheese after she does a trick. A negative reinforcement may be when a child gets beat for not doing what they were supposed to.

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  4. 1.) Positive reinforcement is presenting a motivating stimulus to the person after the desired behavior is exhibited, making the behavior more likely to happen in the future.
    Negative reinforcement is when a certain stimulus/item is removed after a particular behavior is exhibited.
    2.) An example of positive reinforcement would be like when you do chores at home, then you get rewarded with something you want. Negative reinforcement would be when you get bad grades in school and get a punishment at home.

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  5. 1. Positive reinforcement is the strengthening the tendency to repeat a response by following it with the addition of something pleasant. Negative reinforcement is the strengthening a response by following it with taking away or avoiding something unpleasant.
    2. When we were young if we did something good in class we got stickers. This made us happy and we wanted to do more good things to get more stickers. An example of a negative reinforcement is like when you back talk to your parents and they ground you for a certain amount of time.

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  6. 1. Positive reinforcement is strengthening a response by following it with something pleasant. Negative reinforcement is strengthening a response by by following it with taking away or avoiding something pleasant.
    2. An example of in school positive reinforcement would be when you study really hard for a big test and receive the grade you wanted. Negative reinforcement is when you say something you probably shouldn't and the teacher tells you to go to the office.

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  7. 1. A positive reinforcement is doing something positive and are rewarded for it.
    A negative reinforcement is when you do something negative and are punished for it.
    2. A positive example is when you get an A on a test and are treated nicely.
    A negative example is when you cheat and are sent to DETENTION.

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  8. 1) Positive reinforcement is strengthening a response by following it with something pleasant. Negative reinforcement is strengthening a response by doing the exact opposite; by taking away or avoiding something pleasant.

    2) When I think of real life examples for negative and positive reinforcement, my mind goes back to 7th grade math. If we studied hard and paid attention in class, we got praised for it. At the same time, if we screwed around or zoned off, Mr. Ellis would bring us back by calling us out on it and teasing us. " Who are you on the island with?" he would say. Yes it was funny, but it was just embarrassing enough to remind us to stay focused during his class.

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  9. 1.) Negative reinforcements is when you get punished for things you do wrong or bad.
    Positive reinforcement is when you do good things and get rewarded with something good.
    2.) A example for positive reinforcement is when you do your homework and get rewarded with a good grade.
    Negative reinforcement for example is when you practice bad or with not enough energy and you get punished by running.

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  10. 1- Positive reinforcement means it strengthens the tendency to repeat a response by following it with the addition of something pleasant. Negative reinforcement means it strengthens a response by following it with taking away or avoiding something unpleasant.
    2- Positive-- Go to work with a smile and happy attitude, get happy patients in return. Negative-- Go to work crabby and mean, get patients that are also crabby and grouchy.

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  11. 1)a.Positive reinforcement works by presenting a motivating/reinforcing stimulus to the person after the desired behavior is exhibited, making the behavior more likely to happen in the future.Negative reinforcement occurs when a certain stimulus is removed after a particular behavior is exhibited. The likelihood of the particular behavior occurring again in the future is increased because of removing/avoiding the negative consequence.
    An positive example would be when you practice hard for football you get better and you win games. A negative example would be that if you mess around and dont workhard and stay focused you will lose.

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  12. 1. Positive reinforcement is a reward while negative reinforcement is a punishment.

    2. Kaden doesn't get Andrea a present for Valentines Day so she breaks up with him-negative reinforcement. Kaden gets Andrea a puppy for Valentines Day so she screams and says thank you-positive reinforcement.

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  13. 1. Positive reinforcement rewards it presents a motivating stimulus to someone else. Negative reinforcement is negative and follows something getting taken away and avoiding the unpleasant.

    2. Positive, Working hard at basketball and getting playing time and having a great attitude. Negative, not working hard and skipping practice and not getting any playing time and having a crappy attitude.

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