Group 5: Positive Punishment

Ashley H, Nigel G, Shaunice E, Kinesha S: In this video, a mother and her daughter, and two friends are doing some shopping in an accessory store. Prior to entering the store, the mother warns her child not to touch anything. As soon as they enter, the child picks up the first item she spots. As a result of her disobedience, the child gets a whooping. When leaving the store, the child spots another item and refuses to touch due to her previous encounter. Her disobedience decreased!

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[CJG2002]

realy

[ark5428]

is that there mom?

[angelcheese777]

lmaoo

[TheRushingWind]

@imderanged5402 but it's negative punishment, not positive. Being able to say long words doesn't make you correct

[TheRushingWind]

@imderanged5402 again, stop talking nonsense

[imderanged5402]

I don't believe this video was meant to support corporal punishment, it was just illustrating the concept of "positive punishment" probably as a teaching aid for a lesson on BF Skinner & operant conditioning.

[imderanged5402]

@TheRushingWind, in the context of operant conditioning "positive" here does not mean "good" or that this is necessarily the best way to punish children, it means a punishment in the form of adverse stimuli ADDED ... something bad happens to the person, like being yelled at or struck... as opposed to negative punishment where something is subtracted, a child is sent to their room or a video game is taken away.

[TheRushingWind]

@MalkinFan25 again, quit talking nonsense

[MalkinFan25]

@TheRushingWind One more thing, I don't mean to crowd your inbox, I actually liked that you reference the rarity of rebelling in childhood behavior. If your interested in inherit behavior based on childhood development. You might want to research Mary Ainsworth's Attachment styles. This theory references 4 different attachment methods and response patterns that accumulate from childhood. This will actually reinforce some of your beliefs while providing some alternatives to "negative behavior"

[MalkinFan25]

@TheRushingWind B.F. Skinners operant conditioning is looking at reality, and I guarantee childhood development books either reference or model beliefs after his work.

With that being said, I agree that over 60% of violent based offenders would have been struck as a child. However, Within operant conditioning, what about positive reinforcement? A child hypothetically never believing that they do wrong? I am not referencing that you are wrong, I am just referencing there may be more variables