Why is positive reinforcement not good?
Donald Walker
2025-07-22 16:05:22
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However, there is a downside to positive reinforcement, that can leave a negative impact. Often in the classroom, good job is being expressed to a child after they’ve completed a task. While that may seem ideal to use, it ends up making the child believe they then need adult approval. Another negative impact is attention. Typically, attention is thought of as positive, but sometimes when children are displaying an undesired behavior and the adult acknowledges them, that then gives the child negative attention. When they receive negative attention, the child can tend to repeat the undesired behavior more and more.