David punishes his puppy (by placing the dog in a "time-out" box for several minutes) for soiling the rug when he comes home from work. which rule of punishment has david broken?

The punishment has to follow the behavior that David wants to change in the puppy.

Explanation:

According to operant conditioning, for the puppy to understand that he is being punished for a certain behavior, the punishment needs to be inforced immediately after the behavior has taken place. David punished the puppy until he came home from work and time had passed since the action and the punsihment, therefore, the puppy can't make out the relationship between the two.

Punishment has to follow that behaviour which David wants to change in the puppy.  

Further Explanation:

David followed very immediate method because he was a very quick result that is not possible. Whenever we punish someone we want to change that person or animal by changing its surroundings. The change occur as the response after the punishment is given to reduce the chances of the occurrence of that same behaviour shortly. There are two types of punishment positive punishment and negative punishment. In type I punishment the experimenter punishes by presenting the aversivestimulus into the animal’s surrounding like an electric shock. Type II punishment or negative punishment is an Appetitive stimulus is removed like removal of feeding dish.  In David’s case Type I punishment is applied. Punishment is not the effect of reinforcement. Punishment only decreases the occurrence of that response temporarily and can also produce emotional behaviour. Some physiological changes are increased heart rate. Punishment is considered as the primary process by some behavioural psychologists. It is independent phenomena of learning and different from the reinforcement.

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Answer Details:

Grade: High School

Chapter: Punishment

Subject: Social Science

Keywords:

Changing, surroundings, response, reduce, chances, same behaviour, positive punishment, negative punishment, aversive stimulus.

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