According to Behavioral Principles, What Is Happening Here

question 53

Essay

According to behavioral principles, what is happening here?
1. An adolescent whose parents have hit him for minor transgressions since he was small runs away from home.
2. A young woman whose parents paid her to clean her room while she was growing up is a slob when she moves to her own apartment.
3. Two parents scold their young daughter every time they catch her sucking her thumb. The thumb sucking continues anyway.
B. Certain school systems are rewarding students for perfect attendance by giving them money, shopping sprees, laptops, and video games. What are the pros and cons of such practices?
C. Some harried parents habitually resort to physical punishment without being aware of its many negative consequences for themselves and their children. What alternatives do these parents have?

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Definitions:

Total Revenue

The entire amount of income generated by the sale of goods, services, or other financial assets before any deductions are made.

Culture of Poverty

A concept in social theory that suggests that poverty is not a result of individual inadequacies but is instead the outcome of a larger social and cultural atmosphere that perpetuates and sustains poverty.

Immediate Gratification

The desire to experience pleasure or fulfillment without delay or deferment.

Permissive

A term often describing an attitude, behavior, or policy that allows or tolerates actions that were formerly disapproved of or restricted.