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Q Punishment is frequently used as a form of parenting. Another form of parenting could be the use of positive reinforcement. Discuss which of these forms of parenting would have the greatest immediate and long-term positive and/or negative effect on the child.

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The operant conditioning plays a great role in parenting because the parents can utilize the reinforcement techniques and punishment to train their students. The punishment and reinforcement techniques are often used by the parents unknowingly from time immemorial to train their kids and give them the values and moral lessons. Reinforcement is the technique in which the child elicits a desirable positive response first and then the response is reinforced by the presentation of a stimulus.