The Education Effectiveness Concerning Different Reinforcement

Abstract

In psychology, reinforcement refers to all the activities that will increase the probability of a response occurring. Reinforcement tames peoples unwanted behaviors or encourages and strengthens an existing one. Given that the role of reinforcement is to affect motivation and determine what characteristics or stimuli will be treated as relevant for the learner, the way of influencing studying by reinforcement can be varied. The reinforcements can be classified into four types due to its own practice: negative reinforcement, positive reinforcement, punishment and extinction. Each type of reinforcement in shaping peoples behavior and response can lead different level of accuracy, duration, frequency and persistence. Negative reinforcement usually means taking away, which is the removal of an aversive event in order to encourage the behavior. Positive reinforcement means adding up, which a reward or event that increases the likelihood that a particular type of response will be repeated. The punishment and extinction are all involved in the effect in removing certain responses. In light of the current educational beliefs and values, positive reinforcement and negative reinforcement have already become main method of behavior modification to students at the mercy of teacher and school. Although reinforcement and education are not synonymous, successful formal education is virtually impossible without copious systematic reinforcement. This admittedly illustrates that the essential of reinforcement in playing a role in students learning efficiency. However, education methods are not stable and unitary as mentioned which can be impacted by different. Thus, choosing the types between positive and negative reinforcements to encourage students as motivation will be crucial for students effectiveness.