Question

Mary wants to encourage her son to work harder in school. She has decided to reward him with money for good grades, and punish him by adding extra chores for bad grades. Mary's approach is most similar to the ideas of which of the following?A) Edward Thorndike B) Ivan Pavlov C) Herbert Simon D) David Rumelhart

Answer 1

A) Edward Thorndike

Step-by-step explanation:

Edward Thorndike was a psychologist who argued that we can shape people's behavior through the consequences these behaviors generate. For him, when a behavior is rewarded, it will be more likely to continue for a long time, but when a behavior generates a punishment it is likely to be repressed. We can see that Mary uses Thorndike concepts to encourage her son to get good grades.