Thorndike’s law of effect states that rewarded behaviors will be repeated and punished behaviors will decrease. Mrs. Jones can use the law of effect to get her students to behave well. If the students follow directions, she can offer them candy to get them to keep up the behavior. Also, she can punish her students for misbehaving by assigning them to a silent lunch. The candy will give them an incentive to behave properly while the silent lunches will get them to stop misbehaving.
Classical conditioning is learning to associate two stimuli and thus to anticipate events. If Mrs. Jones can use classical conditioning to get her children to clean up. By counting down to twenty, they will know that they need to clean up quickly.
Reinforcement schedules decide when a reinforcement is put into place. I think that the teacher should use a fixed-interval schedule. A fixed-interval schedule is when reinforcement occurs after a predetermined time has elapsed. By doing so, she will allow her students a second chance to redeem themselves and they’ll know when they're getting in trouble. …show more content…
Mrs. Jones can use observational learning to get her students to be respectful and share. Through seeing other people do it, they will be more inclined to do the same. This in turn creates a more friendly and safe environment for the kids.
Learned helplessness is when one believes that their actions have no effect on the environment. This can lead to depression and lack of motivation. If students Mrs. Jones’ class are experiencing learned helplessness, she should motivate them and provide them with the extra help they need, so that not only are they confident in the material, but themselves. Mrs. Jones should avoid this feeling in her students at all
Classical conditioning is learning to associate two stimuli and thus to anticipate events. If Mrs. Jones can use classical conditioning to get her children to clean up. By counting down to twenty, they will know that they need to clean up quickly.
Reinforcement schedules decide when a reinforcement is put into place. I think that the teacher should use a fixed-interval schedule. A fixed-interval schedule is when reinforcement occurs after a predetermined time has elapsed. By doing so, she will allow her students a second chance to redeem themselves and they’ll know when they're getting in trouble. …show more content…
Mrs. Jones can use observational learning to get her students to be respectful and share. Through seeing other people do it, they will be more inclined to do the same. This in turn creates a more friendly and safe environment for the kids.
Learned helplessness is when one believes that their actions have no effect on the environment. This can lead to depression and lack of motivation. If students Mrs. Jones’ class are experiencing learned helplessness, she should motivate them and provide them with the extra help they need, so that not only are they confident in the material, but themselves. Mrs. Jones should avoid this feeling in her students at all