A school introduces a new behaviour management system: students receive 'house points' for handing in homework on time, and have their phone-confiscation time reduced if they display good behaviour. However, if they disrupt lessons, they are given detention.
Discuss features of operant conditioning, with reference to the school's new behaviour management system.
205 exam-style questions on Edexcel A Level Psychology Content, covering Main features of classical conditioning, Pavlov (1927) salivation in dogs, Main features of operant conditioning, Properties of reinforcement, Behaviour modification and shaping, Main features of social learning theory, Social learning stages, Bandura (1961, 1963) Bobo doll experiments, Bandura (1965) vicarious reinforcement, Learning theories and phobias, Treatments for phobias, Individual differences, and Developmental psychology. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.