Promoting Positive Behaviour JH190317 RCCTheories of development | Página 3

Skinner- Positive reinforcement
B.F. Skinner (1938) coined the term operant
conditioning; it describes changing of behaviour by the
use of reinforcement which is given after the desired
response. One of his experiments involved rats
receiving food on the press of a lever.
See an example of positive reinforcement here: