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From: dave@cylixd.UUCP (Dave Kirby)
Newsgroups: net.kids
Subject: Positive Reinforcement
Message-ID: <625@cylixd.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 26-Dec-85 12:47:16 EST
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Posted: Thu Dec 26 12:47:16 1985
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In article <283@h.cs.cmu.edu> rfb@h.cs.cmu.edu (Rick Busdiecker) writes:
> ...Positive reinforcement is *always* better
>than punishment and it will produce other good qualities in your kids.


Just an open question here to all who are familiar with developmental
psychology. Once the positive reinforcement is taken away (certainly
you aren't going to lavish praise on your child EVERY time he doesn't
defacate on the carpet?), doesn't the behaviour diminish? It would seem
to me that positive reinforcement would teach the child to do a
certain thing EXPECTING to be praised for it. Once the praise disappears,
the child would then have no reason to continue behaving that way.

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