Understanding Others Will Increase Your Confidence

Behaviorist Theory

(The top part is adding)= It is Positive

                      Left side: Are punishments                                      Right side: Are reinforcements

                             Avoid or Discouraging                                      Go toward or Encouraging



                                                                                         ↑ Y

Positive punishment               (Get a ticket for speeding)	Positive reinforcement        (I say thank you after you help me)                                                 _________________________→ X
Negative   punishment          (Take away your license)	Negative reinforcement (Put seat belt to stop the noise)

                                                                                                                                                                        

                                                                                                                                                                       

(The bottom part is removing)= It is negative

Positive: We add

Negative: We remove (or take away)

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Reinforcement: A change in the behavior that you would like for the environment to favor

Ex: (You want the noise to stop) or (You want to hear people say thank you)

The reinforcement helps the favorable behavior to increase ↑.

Punishment: A change in the behavior that you would dislike for the environment to impose on you

Ex: (Get a ticket for speeding) or (Lose your license)

The punishment helps the undesirable behavior to decrease ↓.

**** TO IDENTIFY IF IT IS A  REINFORCEMENT OR A PUNISHMENT FOCUS ON THE CHANGE.

If a person appreciates the change then it is a REINFORCEMENT

[You want to hear thank you & you want for the noise to stop]

If a person would prefer to avoid the change then it is a PUNISHMENT

[No one ever wants to get a ticket or for their drivers license to be taken away.]

Since reinforcement & punishments theory is established by the behaviorists, it is quintessential to keep in mind that these punishments and reinforcements are things that happen in the environment to change/guide someone's behavior. So it's something that happens or is done to you.

When I say something that you prefer, it is merely a trick to recognize that a person would prefer an action that is done by the environment that a person would prefer: such as praises.

And in contrast a punishment would be a change in the environment that you would prefer not to happen to you: such as losing a driver’s license.

It is really crucial because this explains the behaviorists’ point of view like Skinner and Watson. Just like when Watson said that he could take any child and make him become whoever he wanted.

In psychology, it is really important to differentiate and be able to explain the different theories.

I. The psychoanalytic theorist believed into unresolved issues: Freud, Erikson…

II. The humanists like Carl Rogers, and Maslow believed in the human free will.

Thanks to a few key people who contributed, your help was deeply appreciated, and because of it I was able to complete this final and more thorough explanation.

In which quadrant would you put my gratitude?

@mike_delva