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REWARD OR PUNISHMENT : WHICH IS MORE
EFFECTIVE ?
Nowadays, when parents try various methods of making their ward study and make
them fall in love with their subjects. One of the first things that come to their mind is
reward or punishment. Reward and punishment can be seen in various other fields
where the work to be done fast, for example, a pizza delivery person has been given a
time limit of thirty minutes, so if they fail to deliver under the time limit, then they
shall pay for the pizza from their own pocket.
This is a punishment criterion which has proved to be a very effective method. Now we
take another example in which the delivery person is given a time limit of thirty
minutes. If he successfully delivers the pizza delivered under the time limit. This is the
reward criteria.On comparing the two we realize that keeping punishment in mind,
nearly all the pizzas are delivered on time while for reward only 70% pizzas are
delivered under the time limit.
When we compare the number of accidents occurred, the punishment gets more people
in accidents than reward.Thus, in essence, it is observed that reward and punishment
both have their pros and cons.
When it comes to studies, both reward and punishment are equally ineffective as it
makes the child think about what will happen after the result rather than helping them
focus on their studies.
-Archas Srivastava (XII-C)
