Topic: Reinforcement

Question/Prompt: Reinforcement is central to the behaviorist view of learning. Define reinforcement and discuss 1 suggestion from your textbook of how reinforcement could be used to increase desirable behaviors in the classroom (see Ormrod, 2012, Chapter 5). Provide an example of a classroom behavior that you would like to increase using your selected technique. Describe how you would actually go about implementing it in the classroom. Share an example from the Bible of when Jesus used reinforcement to increase desirable behaviors in his followers.