PSYC 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Prosocial Behavior, Mirror Neuron, Anti-Social Behaviour
6 Apr 2016
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Punishment works best when it approximates the way we naturally encounter immediate consequences. Less well when the only consequence we encounter is a distant, delayed, possible threat. Severity of punishments is not as helpful as making immediate and certain punishments. Punished behavior may restart when punishment is over. Children may learn to discriminate among situaions (avoiding those only where a punishment would occur instead of learning behavior. Physical punishment models aggression as a method of dealing with problems. It doesn"t guide people to a desired behavior if undesirable behaviors stop, another problem behavior may emerge that serves the same purpose. Lesson to teach desired behavior, reinforce what is right more oten than punishing what is wrong. Parents and school - rewarding small improvements toward desired behaviors is more efecive than expecing complete success and punishing problem behaviors. Sports athletes improve most in the shaping approach, reinforced for performance that comes close to target goal.
