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Essay / Discussion Paper - 546
In his book, Learning and Behavior, Paul Chance and Mark A. Krause (2008) state that positive reinforcement, according to Skinner, occurs whether it is the emergence or increase of the intensity of a stimulus. , follow a behavior. This stimulus is known as positive reinforcement and its main function is to reinforce the behavior that precedes it. Positive reinforcement is also known as rewarding learning because reinforcements often tend to be rewards, but Skinner didn't like that way of calling it. Skinner argued that although people are rewarded through this process, it is important to keep in mind that the behavior is reinforced. So when we call it rewarding learning, the focus is more on the reward rather than the behavior that is being reinforced. In positive reinforcement, everything we consider to be a reward is not, because what is considered aversion is not a reward. Along the same lines, Pierce and colleagues (2004) argue that although positive reinforcement often includes consequences such as food, compliments, and money, it cannot be considered reinforcement until...