Saturday, June 13, 2009

REinforcment vs. Punishment

When we talked about this in class I actually find this very interesting because i do this every day with my dog. She is only a year old so i am still in that stage of potty training. When she was just a puppy i would use those potty training pads for puppies and as she got use to them i would moe them closer and closer to the door. Finally I stopped using them and then when she started to go outside every morning and i would watch her go potty i would let her back in and give her a dog treat. And of course when she has an accident in the house and then i put her outside she still wants a dog treat when she comes back in but i know that she didn't do what she was suppose to so she doesn't get a dog treat. That way she knows that what she did was wrong and if she doesn't get that dog treat she knows that she needs to go out side in order to get it. She also gets punished for the accident in the house by getting her nose in it and she goes in to her cage for a little bit. Which helps her understand that she is in trouble and not to do it anymore.
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  1. eadreonJune 13, 2009 at 10:17 PM

    In the article"Positive reinforcement works to potty train wild animals-children" Their is a discussion about the very thing you have discussed. when we positively reinforce the positive behavior the likelihood that they will continue that behavior is likely. In this article they discussed small treats but they also put great emphasis on praise saying that in some cases it may actually work better than the actual treats. Their is also a discussion about reinforcing the behavior as close to the actual event as possible so that their is not a doubt as to the reason they are receiving the positive reinforcement.

    http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/512407/how_to_use_positve_reinforcement_in.html

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  2. saraJune 16, 2009 at 8:04 PM

    I thought this section of learning was good as I am a mom of two boys and it brought back memories of potty training my oldest son. He was into wrestling figures so i got him two figures and put them on the towel bar and when he pooped in the potty twice he got the toys. Praise also works well to reinforce good behavior and makes the kids feel good about themselves.

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  3. capplinJune 20, 2009 at 4:05 PM

    This is definitely an effective way to learn something. When trying to train a couple of my younger cousins to juggle a soccer ball, I would bribe them with a piece of chocolate or a piggy-back ride if they accomplished a certain number of kicks. They learned faster than I ever did and could probably out-juggle me now.

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