Are children better motivated by punishment or reward?

Question

please help me with this question i need help for my science project!!

Answer 1

There are many facets to your question. Children are motivated by reward, and will try to avoid punishment. There is research to suggest that the combination of reward for appropriate behavior and "soft" punishment for inappropriate behavior will have the best results.

The ideal situation is to help children reach a point where the correct behavior is its own reward - so no external reward or punishment is needed.

Rewards don't have to be "stuff". A reward can be as simple as saying "Well done!" or "Good job!"

I do believe that a pat on the back works much better than a kick in the pants.

Here are a few interesting links. I hope this helps.

Answer 2

Both. If you try to use one or the other, it will not work. The act of withholding reward can be seen as a punishment. The act of not punishing can be seen as reward. In the end, every child is different. There are always exceptions. In most cases, a combination of the two makes the idea much less abstract to younger children. Older children who understand will respond better based upon their specific personalities and experiences. Consider how many children get burned accidentally and never do so again. They learn very quickly not to touch hot objects. Some of those same children never learned from parent's instructions until they actually got burned. In such a case, punishment by the parent did not teach the child, but rather the experience that the parent told the truth did. Food/candy is another issue.
In short, each child is different. They change over the course of their lives.

Answer 3

Now way!!! That's My Science Fair project too! My answer was that children are more motivated by punishments. If you go to google search children phsycology and you will get tons of responses. i just got ten little kids' mothers to take a behavior chart and use it on the children for 2 days. on the first day have the children do chores by saying they will be rewarded and on the second day do the same but tell the children they will be punished instead of rewarded. Good luck on your project!

Answer 4

Children are definitely better motivated by reward, however, punishment being the downfall of natural consequence is a learning process well rewarded of self. Meaning if the child is fussing not to dress warm on a cold day say hat or mittens, the natural consequence is ending up with cold hands, ears, etc and is likely next time to dress more appropriate on his/her own. Using this as example only, and adding during the winter keep an eye on the situation, on those cold days in order for the child not to be harmed as frost bite is very dangerous and only takes up to three minutes before serious injury can occur.

Answer 5

better motivated by reward just as any of us would be. Punishment teaches limits, but to reward good behavior encourages more of it... as punishment teaches limits for behavior. So a somewhat equal balance I'd say.

Answer 6

From my own personal experiences, it is rewarding to a child to have attention of any kind; be it from doing something bad or good. I have learned that you should always reward the good and 'ignore' bad behaviour, guiding the child into a good way of life.

A perfect example is having a child say a bad word while you are teaching a class. If you say "What did you say young man/lady?" you give them the chance to say it again, giving their classmates more time to hear it and boost the childs' ego. If you simply look at them, and ignore the child while saying "Remember, anyone who uses bad words gets put in my naughty book" you're going to get better results.

Answer 7

I'm no psyciatrist (it would be cool to be one tho!) but it depends on a childs history. if they have been punnished harshly in the past they will understand that they don't want to be punnished. If a child has never been punished they might believe that it can't be that bad so my answer:: Wether punishment or reward is better for a child depends on it's history.

Answer 8

i do not imagine all little ones study from any type, some issues paintings with some little ones and do not paintings with others. With that being suggested, rewards should be utilized in many diverse strategies to help toughen postive habit. yet punishment for undesirable habit is likewise very a lot needed to boot. We continually did lots of charts, the benefits replaced into possibly extra television time, or get to observe a movie of thier selection that nighttime, or they were given to p.c.. what sport we performed for sport nighttime. My youngest son replaced into suffering in college so we set up a advantages gadget for at the same time as he achied his purpose for the week. yet he had consquences also if he did not attain his purpose for the week . My issue with identifying to purchase them something, then they purely do the habit many times till they get the item so that you've gotten to keep identifying to purchase them something whenever you want postive habit. yet i ought to under no circumstances advantages with nutrition. nutrition then will grow for use and they could ended up with a eating situation or affiliate nutrition with good concepts or good habit.

Answer 9

Reward. Fear is not a good way to motivate people, although it may work in the short term.

Answer 10

Definately reward.

Not only are they better motivated. They also will respond out of confidence and not out of fear.