Well, it took a little longer than I thought it would, but the rain is finally here. yay! Other than the rain, nothing much has happened lately. Yesterday I was so close to arguing with my child psych prof.. This is my third psych class, so I have a firm grasp on the three basic types of learning. Anyways, we were talking about operant conditioning (which is learning through positive and negative reinforcement, and for those non-psych people, its rewards and punishment). Anyways, my psych prof said that spanking a child is not negative reinforcement when asked about it. Her reasoning was kinda confusing. However, the way I see it, by spanking a kid, you are trying to prevent the kid from repeating whatever act caused the spanking in the first place. That could be considered negative reinforcement. But I kept my thoughts to myself sat there, saying nothing. Then we watched a movie about brain development in children....nothing I hadn't already seen. The class went by quickly anyways. As for the rest of the day, nothing exciting happened. And back to the point of this post: I'm glad it's raining outside.
1 comment:
I thought negative reinforcment was when you took something away as punishment(such as a fun activity) to change behavior, while in positive reinforcement, you add something (such as a spanking) to change behavior. It has nothing to do with good or bad.
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