Question

Ken, Elizabeth, and Charlie are in charge of a week-long Chinese language summer camp. This year, they promised the children's parents that they would try to get the children to spend at least five hours a day practicing their Chinese: In their experience, however, campers usually prefer other camp activities (hiking, canoeing, etc.) to language practice. Explain how Ken, Elizabeth, and Charlie could use the psychological principles below to encourage campers to complete their five hours of language practice per day.

Answer 1

Answer:

1.Positive Reinforcement, 2.Negative Reinforcement, 3.Foot in the door phenomenon, 4.Conformity, and 5. Obedience

Explanation:

POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT- for completing the time studying their language, a reward is given such as a day at the lake.

NEGATIVE REINFORCEMENT- taking something away that they don't want, example if they study, they don't have to clean.

FOOT IN THE DOOR PHENOMENON: This slowly increases amount of studying (Start with one hour, build to five hours).

CONFORMITY: This involves putting individuals who hates studying with a group of people who study.

OBEDIENCE: for example, Counselors are in charge and they enforce studying