Punishment vs reward--which is better???

Question

i have to do a psychology project and its about Punishment vs Reward in children...im gonna research which is the right choice...can u give me websites of sourses that support either punishment or reward....i need both but u can give me wat u can....thanks in advance

Answer 1

If somebody has to reward there child for behaving well, then they obviously aren't teaching the child anything except how to behave when he/she wants something! A child who is brought up and taught properly should never be punished or rewarded! A well behaved child never gets punished right? So why should a well behaved child get a reward? Unfortunately most parents don't have the time or patience to spend with there children so they only know "I just did my homework my parents are giving me $5" So now if one day this child was to do there homework and then be told "sorry but you need to do your homework and we can't afford to give you $5 anymore, " What would this child do??? In my opinion I'd say the kid wouldn't do the homework the next time! So now what? The parents get mad and punish the child! If parents spent enough time with there kids then that child in particular would've been doing his/her homework all along without a money incentive! Now the poor kid is getting punished for not doing the homework and trying to bribe money out of Mom and Dad! BUT is this child really wrong? Why should this kid be punished? The parents just took away there child's "reward" for doing homework! If you don't reward children for things that they should just do because it's the right thing to do, then I bet the punishments would be at a all time low to! To be punished and to be rewarded........I think if you raise your child right then there is no need for either! They both draw attention and if a child is trying to get that blue ribbon or trying to get expelled from school, both those children are searching for attention! A child shouldn't have to feel like they have to get a reward or get punished!!! But that's why kids get all confused! If they were given a happy medium maybe that would be the greatest reward ever!!!

Answer 2

I think they go hand in hand. It's important for children to be rewarded for good behavior as well as being punished for the bad. I think too often parents these days focus on the negative--not the positive. I guess we're just all pessimistic people these days! In my opinion if you only rewarded a child (or bribed them) you would end up with a child who only would do "good" when the parent was around because he would get a reward. At the same time a child who is constantly punished for bad behavior would end up the same way. An equal amount of both is a great thing. I'll give you an example. A five year old boy hit a cat--not too violently but he did hit it. I'd put him in "time-out" and explain to him what he had done. (The crime would fit the punishment--depending on the severity of what the boy had done) The next time if he petted the cat--I'd say something along the lines of "what a great little boy--I bet the cat really likes you." I guess I don't really believe in reward unless it's in a verbal form. I will never tell my kids--since you've been such good little boys you can have ____. I want my kids to feel good about themselves by praise--and not by an object. I hope this helps--this is my prefered method of disipline--positive reinfocement AND punishment. I'm also including a website--to which I don't agree with the pshycologist and don't use any of his parenting on my children--but can be very useful in reaserch papers.

Answer 3

I would say reward is the best choice for children. I'm taking psychology courses and have learned about B.F. Skinner, the classical conditioning. His theory I believe works. When you use punishment it your trying to stop the behavior by taking something away that the child likes. This doesn't work all the time. The only time to use punishment is when a child is about to do something that might hurt themself. Like running out in the middle of the street or touching a hot stove. Those kind of behaviors you want them to stop. Now with a reward, you're rewarding the behaviors that you want children to have. It can be positive or a negative reward. Research Skinner's theory, and good luck on your project.

Answer 4

Punishment and reward can both be used successfully. More than that, i would say that it is advisable to use them both.
But, it is important to choose the right moment to use them. We might think that reward is "nurturing" for a child. Very true. But if you don't balance it, when needed, with the right and fair punishment, the child may not learn the difference from right and wrong.

Answer 5

It really depends on what your target behavior is. Some behaviors are best remediated with punishment, while others are best suited to reward/reinforcement. Mazurs book, Learning and Behavior is a great source! Another good one is Applied Behavior Analysis by cooper Heron and Heward. This book is divided by section into strategies best suited for increasing existing behavior (bx), developing new bx, decreasing bx with punishment and with non punishment, and decreasing bx with differential reinforcement

Answer 6

any negative action in this world need a corrective action , this corrective action is achieved by many ways, for example you mentioned punishment , normally punishment is given to acts that are willfully done and denied to accept.
reward is given for people who does good things for others, both or different i think.
when some one does a mistake he or she can be enquired about it , if the person agrees to the mistake he can be counseled for the mistake he did ,
supposedly in future he does no mistake after got counseled he need to be rewarded for not doing the mistake where as punishment is deserved if the same mistake is done again
where as Jesus Christ told you can pardon as many times as possible.

Answer 7

a punishment stops behaviour, usually bad
a reward increases it to happen
it just depends on the situaton u want to use it

Answer 8

Reward is better. Reinforcing good behavior is the best bet.

Answer 9

I would say reward system it usually etter for kids you can probslly search google.com for more links to websites. Good Luck!

Answer 10

Go to drphil.com for excellent advice.