Average person Quote by Thomas Gilovich

Years of research in psychology has shown that rewards and punishments can be very effective in changing behavior. But, at the same time, they…

— Barry Schwartz

“When possible, try to reward a child's good behavior, instead of punishing their bad behavior. Perhaps give them surprise IOUs for an 'extra 15…

— Nancy Lavoie

“Regression effects teach us specious lessons about the relative effectiveness of reward and punishment.”

— Thomas Gilovich

“External motivators for behavior such as rewards and punishments may destroy the precious internal motivation to be good, making leverage by such artificial means…

— Gabor Maté

Parents who discipline their child by discussing the consequences of their actions produce children who have better moral development , compared to children whose…

— Simon Baron-Cohen

“The most effective alternative process [to punishment] is probably extinction. This takes time but is much more rapid than allowing the response to be…

— B.F. Skinner

“Anyone want to help me start PAPA, Parents for Alternatives to Punishment Association? (There is already a group in England called ‘EPPOCH’ for end…

— Kelly Bryson

Punishment and reward proceed from basically the same psychological model, one that conceives of motivation as nothing more than the manipulation of behavior.

— Alfie Kohn

Rewarding good behavior is good policy.

— Dean Phillips

“B.F. Skinner, the world-famous psychologist, proved through his experiments that an animal rewarded for good behaviour will learn much more rapidly and retain what…

— Dale Carnegie

“The offspring cannot rely on its parents for disinterested guidance. One expects the offspring to be preprogrammed to resist some parental manipulation while being…

— Robert Trivers

You either believe that people respond to authority, or that they respond to kindness and inclusion. I'm obviously in the latter camp. I think…

— Brian Eno