Positive Reinforcement
Channel: psychology concepts
Date: 04/05/2021

In positive reinforcement, the consequences of a behaviour are positive, so the behaviour is engaged in more frequently. In the early 1960s, a team of preschool teachers conducted a classic study in which they helped a young girl overcome her shyness that has become a widely cited example of the principle of positive reinforcement. Two types of positive reinforcement should be distinguished: primary and secondary reinforcement.