Reinforcement theory is a theory put forward by American psychologist and behavioral scientist Skinner. Skinner is one of the founders of new behavioral psychology. He believes that people or animals will take certain actions to influence the environment in order to achieve a certain goal.

When the consequences of this behavior are beneficial to him, this behavior will be repeated in the future; When it is unfavorable, this behavior will weaken or disappear. People can use this positive or negative reinforcement method to influence the consequences of behavior and correct their own behavior. This is reinforcement theory, also known as behavior modification theory.

Its advantages are:

1. Reinforcement is a common phenomenon in human behavior. On the basis of systematic research, Skinner put forward reinforcement theory, which is a creative contribution to the study of human learning theory. ?

2. The reinforcement law revealed by Skinner's reinforcement theory has great enlightenment to our education and teaching. ?

3. Skinner's reinforcement theory has also enriched the contents of modern management science and behavioral science, and has been widely used in various social management, and has made great achievements.

Insufficient:

1. Skinner failed to give a scientific explanation on whether reinforcement is a necessary condition for learning, whether learning must have explicit behavior, and whether reinforcement should directly affect learners.

2. Skinner's reinforcement theory has obvious mechanistic color, and people become the negative recipients of environment and various reinforcement effects. ?

3. Skinner directly applied the reinforced conclusions obtained from animal experiments to people, without considering the particularity of people.