Category: aversives

WHY WE USE POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT

Members of older generations often lament the waywardness of today’s youth. They say things like ‘I had to cut my own switch as a child’ or ‘My father would have tanned my hide!’ The belief persists that a child raised without physical consequences to undesirable behavior somehow leaves children unable to function within standards of society. People claim, ‘I was spanked and I turned out just fine!’ Did you though?