Strengthening Voluntary Responses Due To Favorable Consequences

Genetic factor has a role but the biggest chunk of why you behave the way you do now is because of what you learned in life. Today, let us talk about strengthening voluntary responses due to favorable consequences.

Simple words of complement one will receive like “thank you”, “very good”, “I agree”, and  “fantastic” will definitely trigger the recipient to behave such way again. Whether such compliments are heard every after the time the person did it or in variable times, it become a great motivator to the individual.

Why some people tend to exhibit high and steady rate in game of chance like playing in Best Online Casino? It is because of the possible big amount of reward they could get out of it. Why salesperson keep on going house to house dealing their products everyday though there are days that they have no sales at all? It is because they think that they might make a sale on the fourth, seventh, or tenth house they will go. I personally asked the said question to one of my churchmate who is into dealing of quality books for kids in house to house basis.

Why I brought up this topic? Some parents tend to forget to appreciate their kids little achievements and are quick to give punishment to modify the behavior of their kids. To those parents, why not try to give a reward (but not that frequently for the child not to expect) or say complimentary words for every good deed of your child to help them behave the way you want them to than giving a punishment? A reward and, or complimentary word to show that you appreciate how your child behave.

Giving a punishment might be the quickest way to change the behavior of your child but it could trigger strong emotional responses too. The worst consequence is that in the long run it could result to aggressive behavior of kids plus kids who received frequent punishment tend to become withdrawn and less active compared to others.

Studies showed that physical punishment often leads to an increase in aggressive behavior. Children who subjected to a lot of physical punishment tend to become more aggressive than average, an effect that typically continues through adolescence and adulthood (Parke & Slaby, 1983; Straus & Kantor, 1994).

If your child loves to play his toys and always forgot to put it back to its case or fix his room after playing, instead of yelling to your child or punishing him not to play with those toys for a week, why not talk to him well about the advantage of a well fixed room? And, if he fix it after his playtime, a complimentary words or a reward such as giving him another toy–his favorite cartoon character?

Strengthening desirable behavior by giving a reward and, or complimentary words (even not that frequent like winning a game) than by giving punishment for the undesirable behavior is a much better way to discipline a child.

Effect of Color on Behavior

Are you planning to repaint your house? Psychologists believes that colors has effect on behavior. According to Maria Simonson, Ph.D., Sc.D., a behaviorist, the color you pick for a room will have some sort of effect on its occupants. In fact, it has been found out that kids learn better in brightly colored rooms.

So, if you want to have a relaxing dinning room and you are staying in cool climates, better paint your dining room with off-white, tan, pale gold or beige color. And, if you are staying in a warmer climate, better paint your it with cool blue or green color. But, if you want your family’s appetite especially kids’ appetite to be stimulated better paint it with warm colors like yellow, orange or red.

If you want to have a good night sleep or an optimal sleeping conditions, pale pink, mauve and lavender colors are great for cooler climates. Pale blue, pale green and beige are good relaxing colors for those with hot climates. If you are suffering from lack of sleep, why not repaint your room?

Color your rooms to make it more homey to the occupants than just an ordinary room because color could greatly affect one’s behavior.