Archives for Reinforcement

Spanking our Children

In a recent interview the American Psychological Association had with parenting expert Alan Kazdin (PhD) he explained that spanking is not an effective discipline strategy to use.

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Using Positive Reinforcement in Disciplining Your Children

The behaviorists introduced the term of reinforment with Pavlov’s dog reacting in the desired way, drooling, when a bell was rang before receiving his meal. A stimulus was presented, the ringing of the bell when presenting his food, which led to the desired response of the dog drooling.  Eventually the dog would start to drool [...]

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