Given the Research Findings in This Chapter, Explain How You

question 37

Essay

Given the research findings in this chapter, explain how you would respond to your own children when they do things that you do but that you do not want them to mirror. When would you use positive reinforcement? When would you use punishment to teach them things? When would you use negative reinforcement? What kinds of reinforcement schedules would you use? (Be sure that you clearly differentiate between reinforcement and punishment, negative and positive reinforcement, and negative reinforcement and punishment.)

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Definitions:

FASB Statement No.109

A standard issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board relating to income tax accounting.

Installment Method

A revenue recognition method that allows income to be realized at the point of sale and subsequently as payments are received.

Revenue Recognition

Accounting principle that determines the specific conditions under which income becomes realized as revenue.

Period Of Sale

The specific time during which a sale transaction is recognized in the accounting records, important for revenue recognition principles.