Punishment question

[lovatic]

This was a practice exam question:

Explain a reason some forms of punishment could be ineffective in changing behaviour.

Any help is much appreciated 

[vashappenin]

- It can have the opposite effect and act as a reinforcer for undesirable behaviour, thus strengthening it
e.g. A teacher yelling at the class clown for misbehaving may be encouraging for the student to continue misbehaving as they are receiving attention and other students are laughing at them (which is positive reinforcement rather than punishment)
- It may lead to the punisher being disliked or feared
- It can lead to more aggressive behaviour
- It may not be a strong enough punishment to weaken the behaviour
- It may not have been administered soon after the undesirable behaviour (this is mostly important for young children and animals so they can learn the association between their behaviour and its consequence
e.g. A young child who plays up and gets punished for it the next day isn't likely to make the connection between their bad behaviour and the punishment, or a dog that pulls the clothes off the washing line in the morning while the owner is at work but gets punished for it in the afternoon when the owner is back from work isn't likely to make the connection. Thus, in both cases the undesirable behaviour isn't likely to be weakened.

Hopefully this helps you!!

[lovatic]

- It can have the opposite effect and act as a reinforcer for undesirable behaviour, thus strengthening it
e.g. A teacher yelling at the class clown for misbehaving may be encouraging for the student to continue misbehaving as they are receiving attention and other students are laughing at them (which is positive reinforcement rather than punishment)
- It may lead to the punisher being disliked or feared
- It can lead to more aggressive behaviour
- It may not be a strong enough punishment to weaken the behaviour
- It may not have been administered soon after the undesirable behaviour (this is mostly important for young children and animals so they can learn the association between their behaviour and its consequence
e.g. A young child who plays up and gets punished for it the next day isn't likely to make the connection between their bad behaviour and the punishment, or a dog that pulls the clothes off the washing line in the morning while the owner is at work but gets punished for it in the afternoon when the owner is back from work isn't likely to make the connection. Thus, in both cases the undesirable behaviour isn't likely to be weakened.

Hopefully this helps you!!

that makes so much sense now! thankyou