OPERANT CONDITIONING IN LAW

ENFORCEMENT:
PRESENTED BY: CHARVI KWATRA
UID: UGJ21-06
PRESENTED TO: PROF. DIPTI CHRISTIAN
(FUNDAMENTALS OF HUMAN PSYCHOLOGY)
 OPERANT CONDITIONING:

• DEFINITION OF OPERANT CONDITIONING

• THE EXPERIMENT FOR THE SAME WAS DONE BY B.F SKINNER.
• BEST WAY TO UNDERSTAND BEHAVIOUR IS TO EXAMINE THE
REASONS AND CONSEQUENCES OF AN ACTION.
• “A FORM OF LEARNING IN WHICH BEHAVIOURS ARE DEPENDANT
ON, OR CONTROLLED BY ITS REWARDS AND CONSEQUENCES.
PIONEERING EXPERIMENT:
 FEW EXAMPLES IN DAILY LIFE:

 WORK AND PRESENTATIONS ASSIGNED TO YOU BY YOUR

BOSS
 ATTENDING ONLINE LECTURES DAILY
 HELPING DURING DIWALI IN THE CLEANLINESS OF THE HOUSE
 OPERANT CONDITIONING IN LAW
ENFORCEMENT

OPERANT CONDITIONING CAN BE USED IN LAW ENFORCEMENT

FOR BOTH THE COMMON CITIZENS AS WELL AS THE CRIMINALS.
IN CASE OF COMMON CITIZENS, WE CAN TAKE THE EXAMPLE
OF:
• LOCKDOWN MEASURES
• VACCINATION DRIVES
• TRAFFIC RULES
OPERANT CONDITIONING IN CASE OF CRIMINALS:

• POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT IN FORM OF PAROLE

• NEGATIVE REINFORCEMENT WITH HARSHER PUNISHEMENT AND
HIGHER AMOUNT OF FINE.
• PUNISHMENT BY NOT LETTING TO MEET THE FAMILY.

THERE ARE FEW DRAWBACKS OF PUNISHMENT AS WELL

• INCREASED AGGRESSION
• BEHAVIOUR MAY RETURN
 CONCLUSION:

• WE SHOULD USE THE SCIENCE OF HUMAN BEHAVIOUR TO

HELP US ACHIEVE THESE GOALS. ON A LARGER SCALE, THE
GOAL HAS BEEN TO SHOW HOW OPERANT CONDITIONING MAY
BE USED TO TRANSFORM THE WAY OUR COUNTRY'S LAW
ENFORCEMENT OPERATES. IF THE INDIVIDUALS ARE
PRESENTED AN IRRESISTIBLE INCENTIVE TO ACT DISCREETLY,
THE PURPOSE OF LAW WILL BE AIDED.