The concept of reward and punishment in learning is introduced by whom?

Operant conditioning:- B.F Skinner propounded this theory as a way of learning by means of rewards and punishments.

Key Points

• Operant conditioning is also known as instrumental conditioning proposed by B.F. skinner.
• It is a method of learning that employs rewards and punishments for behavior.
• This type of conditioning holds that certain behavior and a consequence, either a reward or punishment, have a connection that brings about learning.
• Through operant conditioning, an association is made between a
• Behavior and a consequence, whether negative or positive, for that behavior.

Thus, it is concluded that Learning through reward and punishment is introduced by B.F. Skinner.

Hint Social learning:- Social learning theory, proposed by Albert Bandura, emphasizes the importance of observing, modeling, and imitating behaviors, and attitudes.

E. L. Thorndike, an American psychologist, is known as the founder of modern educational psychology.

• He propounded 'The trial and Error Theory' which represents that learning is the result of associations forming between stimulus and responses.
• "Mistakes teach individual" statement is based on 'Trial and Error Theory.

Wolfgang Kohler, a German psychologist, is associated with the 'Theory of Learning, which he called the ‘Theory of Insightful learning’.

• In his theory, he has proposed the term ‘Insight’ that doesn't take place with trial & error, rather than it is a sudden reorganization of experience.