Question 4 Flashcards
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Opening sentence :
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children being conditioned against their free will and knowledge creating selfish automations. But could this be beneficial to the rest of society ?
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Why is it appropriate to condition at home?
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- Jo Frost
- the naughty step = positive reinforcement
- only works when a fuss is made when the child does something right
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Why is it inappropriate to condition at home?
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- Morris (2014)
- children don’t have the same capability to reflect on actions
- have an unhealthy effect on development
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Why is it appropriate to condition at school ?
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- gold star = positive reinforcement = increased performance
- Mcallister et al (1969)
- increased teacher praise + disapproval = less inappropriate talking
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Why is it inappropriate to condition at school ?
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- Lepper et al ( 1973)
- nursery children
- promised half the children a reward after drawing a nice picture those spent double the amount of time as the other group
- those not promised a reward took half as long due to lack of motivation bc of the expectation of an extrinsic reward
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Why is it appropriate to condition with peers ?
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- influence from peers ^ influence from parents decreases
- to not get negative sanctions (exclusion) children imitate to gain positive sanctions (acceptance)
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Why is it inappropriate to condition peers ?
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- Bricker (2006
- children as young as 10 would smoke if their friends did
- children’s need for positive sanctions
- peers groups can be unhealthy
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conclusion sentence :
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This approach may create an ideal society, but whose ideal ?
