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VA: How to Train Your Children to Behave on Cue

Feb 22nd, 2008

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The dictionary defines the word cue as anything that excites to action; stimulus. Taking that into consideration, it is safe to say that in the course of an average day, […]

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  1. on 22 Feb 2008 at 5:48 pm1Sean

    I found this post odd. She gets a lot of stuff about operant conditioning right (such as the importance of timing in the use of rewards and punishments) but fucks up the basic understanding of what positive reinforcement, negative reinforcement, and punishment are. To help folks understand what she’s talking about, I’ll expand on it a bit.

    Contrary to popular belief, Negative reinforcement is NOT punishment. In operant conditioning, there are 4 actions you can take after a behavior.

    1) Positive Reinforcement
    2) Negative Reinforcement

    3) Positive Punishment
    4) Negative Punishment

    Positive and negative in this sense mean to add something or take something away. Reinforcement is an action designed to make the behavior more likely in the future. Punishment, obviously, is to decrease the likelihood of the behavior in the future.

    Positive Reinforcement is what she talks about here a lot. Give a child a piece of candy after cleaning their room. You are adding something (positive) pleasant (reinforcement) in the hope the kid will be more likely to clean the room in the future.

    Negative Reinforcement is not punishment. What it actually is is the removal (negative) of something unpleasant, in the hopes of increasing the behavior in the future. For example, say the kid’s already grounded for whatever reason, but they do something really good that you want to reinforce. Instead of giving them candy, you may instead choose to lift the grounding (removing something unpleasant) as a way to increase the likelihood of that behavior.

    Positive Punishment is punishment where you add something unpleasant to discourage it in the future. Kid knocks down a vase while you’re right there? An example of positive punishment would be to spank them (adding something unpleasant.) Note that the word “positive” is not a judgment on whether the punishment is good or bad.

    Negative Punishment is the removal of something pleasant to discourage behavior. Kid knocks over the vase, and instead of spanking them, you choose to revoke their TV privileges or ground them. In this case, you are removing something pleasant (freedom, the ability to watch their favorite show) as a way to discourage them from doing stupid shit in the future.

    I hope this information will be useful in helping to get your little crotch goblins under control. It’s up to the parent to decide which combination of techniques to use, and which are most effective.