Positive Reinforcement
Skinner – Operant Conditioning
• In 1938 a behavioural psychologist B.F. Skinner
coined the term operant conditioning
Operant Conditioning means roughly changing
behaviour by the use of ‘reinforcement’, to
increase the probability of a behaviour being
repeated.
When you have the desired response, you
reinforce it.
So you’ll often hear of teachers ‘ignoring the
negative behaviour and praising the positive
behaviour’.
Ways to easily positively reinforce
When you...........
We will............
Example: When you have finished your work
and put everything away, we will go for a
break
(NB Also think When – Then)
When you.... We will......
When you stay away from non-social media
websites you can earn internet time/other
positive
• So, reinforcement strengthens the behaviour
and makes it likely that a person will behave
that way again.
• That can also be negative…..
Example
• Donna is a reluctant student and turns up
late to class. Her teacher sends her away.
Negative reinforcement
This is immediately a win situation for Donna.
She doesn't want to be in class so by arriving
late she gets into conflict that ends in a
situation asking her to leave
Homework
Write down:
• What is the behaviour you commonly see
• How is it negatively reinforced?
• What could you do to positively reinforce it?
Rephrase everyday questions and
instructions to positively reinforce
the behaviour you’d like to see
The Big Bang Theory
positive reinforcement
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mt4N9GSBoMI
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