Paper 1 · Teaching Aptitude
When you complete your maths exercise, you can play a computer game. Using such reinforcement, wherein a student's favourite activity is used to reinforce engagement in a less popular activity, is termed as
AThe Premack principle ✓ Correct
BThorndike's law
CPavlov's experiment
DNone of the above
Correct answer: (A) The Premack principle — Using a favoured activity to reinforce a less-liked one is the Premack principle, so that is the answer.
Explanation
★Using a favoured activity to reinforce a less-liked one is the Premack principle, so that is the answer.
★The Premack principle says a more preferred activity can reinforce a less preferred one.
★So allowing a game after the maths exercise makes the child more willing to do the maths.
★Thorndike's law of effect is a broader statement that satisfying results strengthen a response.
★Pavlov's experiment is about classical conditioning with a bell and food, a different idea.
★Since the specific use of a preferred activity as the reward is the Premack principle, the other choices do not fit.
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