However, the castle in his Dracula is best depicted by Bran Castle, which leads people to believe that theyâre one in the same. Photo courtesy of Flickr/Grigory Gusev. Similarly, his infamous character is believed to have been modeled after the actual prince of Wallachia, Vlad III (or Vlad Tepes in Romania).
Photo by: Gabi Moisa. Reinforcement theory is the process of shaping behavior by controlling the consequences of the behavior. In reinforcement theory a combination of rewards and/or punishments is used to reinforce desired behavior or extinguish unwanted behavior. Any behavior that elicits a consequence is called operant behavior, because the individual operates on his or her environment. Reinforcement theory concentrates on the relationship between the operant behavior and the associated consequences, and is sometimes referred to as operant conditioning.
Behaviorist B.F. Skinner derived the reinforcement theory, one of the oldest theories of motivation, as a way to explain behavior and why we do what we do. The theory may also be known as Behaviorism, or Operant Conditioning, which is still commonly taught in psychology today.egative Reinforcement. Negative reinforcement is a psychological reinforcement by the removal of an unpleasant stimulus when a desired response occurs (Negative Reinforcement, n.d.). Negative reinforcement uses the reward system. A person is rewarded for desired behavior by having something unpleasant removed.