In the realm of operant conditioning my mother utilized what is known as positive punishment. While the description of what she was doing in scientific terms blows me away with its irony the more interesting notion is that it simply did not work. Spanking a child for doing something bad works in many cases and ...
B.F. Skinner played a crucial role in the understanding of what has come to be known as operant conditioning. His experiments illustrated concepts such as reinforcement and shaping. Skinner illustrated the idea of operant conditioning through experiments involving animals. By putting an animal in a small cage, Skinner could affect the animal’s behavior by forcing ...
Plato: (428/427-348/347 BC): Plato was one of Greece’s early philosophical thinkers. Plato insisted that the human mind was the base of all mental processes, and believe that ideas are innate to the human mind. That we are born with certain knowledge and thoughts. Aristotle (384-322 BC): Aristotle argued against Plato and debated that the heart ...
Laser tag is a popular game enjoyed by numerous children. This game, which could formerly only be played at laser tag facilities, is now available in a portable, two-player mode. Despite its popularity, however, laser tag has several key flaws as a game. The object of the game is detrimental to children, because it encourages ...
Classical conditioning is a mode of training behavior where a naturally occurring environmental stimulus that produces an unconditional response is paired with a neutral stimulus. After this is done one or more times, the neutral stimulus will become a conditioned stimulus in that it will produce the same response as the naturally occurring unconditional stimulus. ...
I’m glad I thought to include the word “assistance” in my description about what to do when developmentally disabled people act violent in group homes. This is because I realize that these people are not really trying to hurt anyone. People with developmental disabilities want to accomplish useful things, and yet they struggle with the ...
Author Ray LeBlond once said, “You learn something every day if you pay attention.” Everyday, your own dog might learn something new as well. Every time that you open the back door and give your dog a treat, he is learning. Every time you open the back door and do not give your dog a ...