A Classroom Activity To Demonstrate the Principle of Negative Reinforcement.

Autor/inn/en	Gillespie, David; Simmons, Sharanne
Titel	A Classroom Activity To Demonstrate the Principle of Negative Reinforcement.
Quelle	(1995), (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Tabellen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Tagungsbericht; Leitfaden; Behavior Modification; Class Activities; Demonstrations (Educational); Educational Psychology; Higher Education; Learning Activities; Negative Reinforcement; Role Playing; Student Attitudes; Teaching Methods; Undergraduate Study + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Behaviour modification; Verhaltensänderung; Demonstrationsexperiment; Demonstrationsmodell; Demonstrationsunterricht; Erziehungspsychologie; Pädagogische Psychologie; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Lernaktivität; Negative Verstärkung; Rollenspiel; Schülerverhalten; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Grundstudium
Abstract	This paper describes a classroom activity to demonstrate to undergraduate psychology students studying learning principles the principle of negative reinforcement. The students (n=25) were either enrolled in an introductory psychology course at a business college or the students (n=21) were enrolled in an educational psychology course at a state university. In the experiment the class instructor and a volunteer student role play a simulated spousal situation in which capitulation to the spouse's anger and unreasonable demands serves to negatively reinforce this behavior. Evaluation following the demonstration in two classes indicated that students overwhelmingly found the demonstration useful in understanding the concept of negative reinforcement, found the demonstration to be a useful learning experience, found the demonstration was effective in holding their attention, felt the demonstration should be used in future classes, and reported they enjoyed the demonstration. (DB)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01