TYPES OF REINFORCEMENT

WITH EXAMPLES

Presented by

Dipanway Bhabuk

ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR

It indicates a change in behaviour

POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT

Example of positive reinforcement:

Vishesh and Suraj were two mentally disabled boys who

seldom smiled at other people. Dr. Hopkins used a procedure in

which he would take them for walks, and if they smiled at

passers by, he would give them some pieces of M & M's candy.

This procedure caused Vishesh and Suraj to smile much more

often than they had before.

Non-example of positive reinforcement:

Vishesh and Suraj were two mentally disabled boys who

seldom smiled at other people. Dr. Hopkins used a procedure in

which he would take them for walks, and if they smiled at

passers by, he would give them some pieces of M & M's candy.

Vishesh and Suraj ate the candy quickly.

NEGATIVE

REINFORCEMENT

RELATED TERMS WHICH DESCRIBES NEGATIVE

REINFORCEMENT

NEGATIVE

REINFORCEMENT

Nandan’s morning alarm goes off at 5:00am. He hates this noise and reaches over and hits the STOP button which stops the alarm noise. He does this every morning when his alarm goes off.

Turning off your morning alarm is an example of negative reinforcement.

Why is this negative reinforcement? The alarm goes off and it’s a pretty annoying noise for Nandan. He always hits the STOP button when the alarm goes off so negative reinforcement is occurring.

CONCLUSION

Positive and negative reinforcement both call

attention to a situation. For many, negative

attention is more desirable than no attention.

Negative reinforcement is generally quicker than

positive, yet the positive is so very important for

development including self esteem.

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