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Overview

Reinforcement is the stimuli that help people strengthen a certain behavior. Reinforcement is under the behaviorism theory. Under that theory, all human actions are learnt by interacting with the environment. In education, reinforcement is often used because it is simple and effective in the early stages of developing certain habits. There are two types of reinforcement in behaviorsim. Positive reinforcement is “a stimulus that, when presented after a response, strengthens the response". The negative reinforcement is “Any stimulus that, when removed after a response, strengths the response”.

Evidence

The Operant conditioning chamber (also called skinner box) shows a good evidence about how reinforcement strength behavior. The skinner box is built on Edward Thorndike’s puzzle box experiment. In Skinner's experiment, he put the mouse (Thorndike used the cat) in the box just like Thorndike did. In the box, a variety of stimulants was added. During mouse exploration, it will find a level which will give food if it pushes it. Although he will not immediately get used to the behavior, but long-term reward given, the mouse will become habitual behavior. This experiment illustrates that positive reinforcement works. Skinner also tested negative reinforcement. The rat will be kept in electric shock until it pushes the lever. Although the rat did not receive any reward for this behavior, the rat still acquired the habit in the long run. So this experiment demonstrates that negative reinforcement also shapes behavior.

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-Reinforcement is the stimuli that help people strengthen a certain behavior. Reinforcement is under the behaviorism theory. Under that theory, all human actions are learnt by interacting with the environment. In education, reinforcement is often used because it is simple and effective in the early stages of developing certain habits. There are two types of reinforcement in behaviorsim. Positive reinforcement is “a stimulus that, when presented after a response, strengthens the response". The negative reinforcement is “Any stimulus that, when removed after a response, strengths the response”().
+Reinforcement is the stimuli that help people strengthen a certain behavior. Reinforcement is under the behaviorism theory. Under that theory, all human actions are learnt by interacting with the environment. In education, reinforcement is often used because it is simple and effective in the early stages of developing certain habits. There are two types of reinforcement in behaviorsim. Positive reinforcement is “a stimulus that, when presented after a response, strengthens the response". The negative reinforcement is “Any stimulus that, when removed after a response, strengths the response”.
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+The Operant conditioning chamber (also called skinner box) shows a good evidence about how reinforcement strength behavior. The skinner box is built on Edward Thorndike’s puzzle box experiment. In Skinner's experiment, he put the mouse (Thorndike used the cat) in the box just like Thorndike did. In the box, a variety of stimulants was added. During mouse exploration, it will find a level which will give food if it pushes it. Although he will not immediately get used to the behavior, but long-term reward given, the mouse will become habitual behavior. This experiment illustrates that positive reinforcement works. Skinner also tested negative reinforcement. The rat will be kept in electric shock until it pushes the lever. Although the rat did not receive any reward for this behavior, the rat still acquired the habit in the long run. So this experiment demonstrates that negative reinforcement also shapes behavior.