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Boskovic, Irena – Educational Psychology, 2020
The educational system today often relies on incentives in order to motivate students. However, it might also encourage students to engage in deceptive behaviour (e.g. malingering) in order to reach certain benefits. Hereby, we investigated whether students would intentionally fabricate symptoms (i.e. malinger) when confronted with a…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Student Behavior, Deception, Physical Health
Stamm, Andrew W.; Nguyen, Nam D.; Seicol, Benjamin J.; Fagan, Abigail; Oh, Angela; Drumm, Michael; Lundt, Maureen; Stickgold, Robert; Wamsley, Erin J. – Learning & Memory, 2014
Post-learning sleep is beneficial for human memory. However, it may be that not all memories benefit equally from sleep. Here, we manipulated a spatial learning task using monetary reward and performance feedback, asking whether enhancing the salience of the task would augment overnight memory consolidation and alter its incorporation into…
Descriptors: Sleep, Memory, Learning Processes, Spatial Ability
Gardiner, Steve – Phi Delta Kappan, 2014
While it may seem almost intuitive that offering rewards to students will yield better results, that is not how it works; the result often is the opposite. The paradox of rewards is that their effect often has a limited impact on students, who then will lose curiosity; it also makes them feel as if they are being controlled--a negative motivating…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Motivation Techniques, Rewards, Incentives
Mallpress, Dave E. W.; Fawcett, Tim W.; McNamara, John M.; Houston, Alasdair I. – Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 2012
The relationship between positive and negative reinforcement and the symmetry of Thorndike's law of effect are unresolved issues in operant psychology. Here we show that, for a given pattern of responding on variable interval (VI) schedules with the same programmed rate of food rewards (positive reinforcement VI) or electric shocks (negative…
Descriptors: Animals, Stimuli, Rewards, Positive Reinforcement
Firat, Hatice – Educational Research and Reviews, 2014
Dede Korkut's stories, one of the most important works in Turkish literature, are distinguished with their feature of reflecting the Oghuz culture. In this respect, it is possible to obtain information about children and their education in the light of the works. In the study, it is intended to reveal the education of the characters called Boghach…
Descriptors: Didacticism, Positive Reinforcement, Negative Reinforcement, Punishment
Dad, Hukam; Ali, Riasat; Janjua, Muhammad Zaigham Qadeer; Shahzad, Saqib; Khan, Muhammad Saeed – Contemporary Issues in Education Research, 2010
The major purpose of the study was to compare the frequency and effectiveness of positive and negative reinforcement practices deployed by teachers in boys' and girls' secondary schools in urban and rural areas. It was hypothesized that there would be no difference in use of reward and punishment by teachers in secondary schools in urban and rural…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Positive Reinforcement, Secondary School Students, Student Behavior
Dube, Shanta R.; Orpinas, Pamela – Children & Schools, 2009
Understanding excessive absenteeism is important to ameliorating the negative outcomes associated with the behavior. The present study examined behavioral reinforcement profiles of school refusal behavior: negative reinforcement (avoidance) and positive reinforcement (gaining parental attention or receiving tangible benefits from not attending…
Descriptors: Attendance, Behavior Disorders, Profiles, Rewards

Rothberg, Carole; Harris, Mary B. – Journal of Genetic Psychology, 1972
In general, the study confirmed the prediction that learning of a discrimination under punishment or a reward-punishment condition is superior to that under reward alone. (Authors)
Descriptors: Discrimination Learning, Grade 1, Negative Reinforcement, Responses
Martin, David L. – Learning, 1977
Too much praise from a teacher will often lead a child to expect easy rewards and therefore avoid more innovative or complex reasoning. (JD)
Descriptors: Motivation Techniques, Negative Reinforcement, Rewards, Teacher Attitudes
Wenzel, Lawrence A. – Calif J Educ Res, 1969
Results of a study of the effects of negative criticism indicated that group criticism reduces the cognitive performance of college students. (DR)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Motivation, Negative Reinforcement, Rewards
Penner, Donald D. – J Exp Soc Psychol, 1970
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Extinction (Psychology), Goal Orientation, Negative Reinforcement
Harper, Suzanne, Ed.; Epstein, Julianne, Ed. – 1989
Arguments for and against corporal punishment are set against a backdrop of overriding public concern about school discipline. In every year since 1969, the Phi Delta Kappan/Gallup Poll has ranked lack of discipline as one of the top two problems in public schools. This report furnishes a historical perspective for corporal punishment, explains…
Descriptors: Corporal Punishment, Discipline, Elementary Secondary Education, Negative Reinforcement

Bateman, Thomas S.; And Others – Journal of Management, 1982
Tested the impact of leader punitive behavior on employee satisfaction in 457 hospital employees. Controlling for leader reward behavior, there was no direct positive effect of leader punitive behavior, and no moderating impact of role ambiguity. Discusses the importance of considering spuriousness in leader punitive behavior research. (WAS)
Descriptors: Employee Attitudes, Health Personnel, Job Satisfaction, Leadership Styles
McManis, Donald L.; and others – Amer J Ment Deficiency, 1969
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Research, Mental Retardation, Motivation, Negative Reinforcement
Piper, Terrence J. – Amer J Ment Deficiency, 1970
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Research, Expectation, Mental Retardation, Mild Mental Retardation