2. Positive Reinforcement
• Have you ever been bribed to do something?
• This is an example of positive reinforcement.
• The chances are that if you receive something
for having good behavior or acting right, you
will keep repeating this behavior.
• Examples receiving money for grades and
extra time to stay up for doing the
dishes.
3. Negative Reinforcement
• A certain item is taken away after the behavior
is shown.
• You take away something unpleasant to you.
• Examples are putting up the laundry right
after it is folded so you don’t
get in trouble and setting the
table when your parents call you
to dinner so your parents do not
get mad.
4. Positive vs. Negative Reinforcement
• Both positive and negative work very well in
our day to day life.
• I think that positive reinforcement would work
better than negative because
with positive you receive
something, but with negative
you are just preventing
something form happening.
5. Positive Punishment
• It is weird to think of how punishment can be
positive, but it can be.
• The child is shown a negative consequence
after they show unacceptable behavior.
• Examples are burping at the dinner table and
you parents tell you not to do that
anymore and touching a hot stove.
6. Negative Punishment
• Happens when something desired is
removed from the child by misbehaving.
By doing this, the supervisor hopes that
it will not happen again.
• Examples are your parents pulling you
from the golf course (something you
love) for throwing a club and arguing
over a shirt that you and you brother
love and your mom not buying the shirt
for either one of you.
7. Positive vs. Negative Punishment
• Both positive and negative are used by
parents, teachers, and coaches.
• I think that negative punishment is more
affective in shaping a child to prepare them
for the future.
8. Reinforcement vs. Punishment
• Most parents only one side their actions. They
do not praise a child when the child does
something good, but get angry when the child
does wrong.
• A child will remember being punished rather
than a reinforcement they received.
• Think back about the times you were
punished compared to when you were
praised. Which do you remember more of?
