Question

Reflect on an original example of a time when you used (or could have used) the principles of behaviorism.

Answer 1

My parents were not happy about my coming late most of the evenings and missing on my homework while I was in the school. They told me that if I could come home at the specified time throughout a month unless there was an emergency, I would get twenty-five dollars at the end of the month along with my pocket money. Who doesn’t like money, so I started coming on time without giving into peer pressure and earned my money. They used positive reinforcement to increase the occurrence of me coming home at the specified time. They also tried negative reinforcement earlier but it didn’t work out well. They told that they wouldn’t give me my pocket money if I’m late. In this case they focused on reducing my behaviour of coming late.

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