The Rowville Times

Rowville Secondary College
Term 2 Issue 7
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The Rowville Times
Friday, May 25, 2012
Amy Davis
Year Ten Psychology
Ellie Gogis
Sarah De Cesare
In our year 10 Psychology class we are
using token economies, which enforce
positive behaviours in the class, with a
points table for each group; points
may be deducted for negative
responses during class time. These
may include; phones in class, not
raising hands and not arriving to class
on time. All the points we collect
either go to group or individual
rewards. Group and class rewards
reach as high as 500 points with the
pleasure of having Fish and Chips or
Pizza in class fo r free.
It’s a great challenge!
Daniel Donovan
In Psychology at the moment we are
studying the different ways that
people learn. We are currently using a
‘token economy’. Everyone has a
pretend credit card and we receive
points on the card if we do something
good and we have points taken away
if we do something wrong. If everyone
ends up with a certain amount of
points then we receive a reward.
In Psychology at the moment we are
learning about operant conditioning
and the theories of learning. We are
using a method in class called token
economies. We have to reinforce our
negative behaviours into positives.
We have been gaining ‘tokens’ or
points whenever we do something
good. Some behaviour which has
been reinforced are putting our hands
up and telling Mr. Sherlock he’s a
fantastic teacher! It’s been really fun
and interesting to learn about operant
conditioning.
Monica Chhour
At the moment in Psychology, we
have been learning about token
economies and the theories of
reinforcing behaviours. It reinforces
positive and negative behaviours.
Token economies are the use of
tokens as rewards that can be
‘cashed’ in for bigger rewards later.
Token economies are mostly used in
schools and prisons! In our class we
gain points for good manners, hands
up etc. and lose points for talking over
someone etc.
In year 10 Psychology at the moment
we are learning about token
economies. It is a method used to reinforce
certain behaviours, mostly
positive. If we are able to achieve a
certain amount of class points we are
able to cash in our points for a reward
such as “fish and chips”, we also have
individual rewards and group rewards
as we have been assigned a house
colour in groups of 5. We have learnt
a lot about operant conditioning
which is about altering certain
behaviour over time.
Timothy Sugumar
At the moment in year 10 Psychology
we are using token economy which
uses reinforcement to help learn
certain behaviours. It can be both
positive and negative depending on
what action has taken place.
Mr. Sherlock has been able to bring in
a fun environment into the topic by
putting us in teams and giving us
points as reinforcement. Everyone is
really enthusiastic about it and getting
involved! Psychology is really a great
subject!