SCHOOL OF EDUCATION AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

SEPTEMBER SESSION 2022

ASSIGNMENT 
ESY10103 EDUCATIONAL PHSYCOLOGY

NO NAME MATRIC NO PHOTO

1. NAGESWAR
Y a/p 2132022090008
MUTHUSAMY

2. THIRISHALIN
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A/P
MADHAVAN

LECTURER: MADAM SYAFEEQAH

DATE OF SUBMISSION:  29th November 2022 - TUESDAY

COVERPAGE: BLUE

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 Table of content

1.0 INTRODUCTION page 3

2.0 CONTENT

3.0 DISCUSSION

4.0 ANALYSIS

5.0 CONCLUSION

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1.0 INTRODUCTION (Operant Conditioning Explanation)

When we talk about operant conditioning, operant conditioning is referring to an idea that we
can increase or decrease a certain behavior by adding a consequence. This new way of
learning was discovered by BF Skinner the father of operant conditioning. There are two main
components in operant conditioning, reinforcement and punishment.

Reinforcement is increasing a behavior and punishment is decreasing a behavior. Both can

be positive and negative. In operant conditioning, positive and negative do not mean good and
bad instead positive means we adding something, it’s called pleasant stimulus while negative
means we are taking something away, it’s called unpleasant stimulus.

As an example, we can say, if a dog poops on a carpet, we can either be provide

reinforcement so the dog does it again or punishments of the dog stops. Both reinforcement and
punishment can either be positive or negative, which means we have four possible ways to
teach the dog a lesson. If the reinforcement is positive, we add something more special for the
dog like cookies, to increase the likelihood of a behavior and if the reinforcement is negative, we
still want to increase the desired behavior, but this time by removing something unfavorite or
unpleasant for the dog like leash. Besides that, if the punishment is positive, we add an
unpleasant response like bitting the dog to decrease behavior and if the punishment is negative,
we also want to decrease behavior by removing something favorite for the dog like the carpet
that the dog seats.

When we relate this learning method in classroom, if a student get good marks in final exam,
the teacher can give something special for their student like giving a chocolate as a positive
reinforcement. If the reinforcement is negative, the teacher still want to increase the student’s
pleasant behavior, but this time by removing something unpleasant for the students like giving
them difficult tasks. Next, if the students very lazy to done their homeworks maybe the teacher
can add their task or can ask the students some questions as a positive punishment, and when
the students get low marks in their final exam, the teachers can remove something pleasant for
the students like recess time, as a negative punishment.

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2.0 Content (Question 1)