Behavioral Child development Behavioral Child development, according to Skinner, insisted that learning occurs purely through processes of association and reinforcement. It focuses on how the environment influences the behavior of a child. It is considered an answer to rewards, punishment, stimuli, and reinforcement. This theory of child development does not consider internal thought or feelings. It focuses only on how experience shapes who we are. There are two different approaches to this development, classical conditioning and operant conditioning. Classical conditioning involves learning by pairing natural stimuli with previously neutral stimuli, while operant conditioning utilizes reinforcement and punishment to modify behavior. For example, Do this, and you will get this. I will tell you and do what I told you to
