conditioning at home is appropriate

• is this for or against?

  for
• what may a mother do when a child is naughty?

  shout
• what positively reinforces a child's behaviour?

  attention, even unpleasant
• according to behaviourists, how should we deal with naughty behaviour?

  resist giving any kind of reinforcement to it at all
• when does operant conditioning work best?

  when parents give attention to what a child does right, as opposed to giving attention when the child is naughty (i.e. positive reinforcements at appropriate times)
• what is some wider reading for this argument?

  super nanny (Jo Frost)
• what does super nanny use to correct inappropriate behaviour?

  naughty step
• what does the naughty step prevent?

  child receiving attention (positive reinforcement) for their behaviour
• what has parental control over pocket money been used for?

  increase positive behaviour such as washing dishes or tidying their bedroom
• what research tested the pocket money effect?

  Gill (1998)
• what did Gill do?

  asked parents to reward kids with positive reinforcement (pocket money) or punish them (withhold pocket money)
• what did Gill find?

  children ended up doing 20% of household chores
• what did the findings demonstrate?

  conditioning techniques were successful in manipulating behaviour, therefore shows effectiveness of positive reinforcers to improve behaviour