There are many benefits to rewarding people for what is already expected. You have to know exactly what to reward them for, and they have to know what you are rewarding them for. Otherwise, it can be a negative outcome and it will continue because it is being rewarded. If you reward someone, especially a child, for doing something they are expected to do then they will be more likely to do it again. This …
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…they may not know exactly what to keep doing that is a good behavior. If you have a child and you reward them for using the bathroom then you have to tell them what you are rewarding them for and reward them as soon as possible. Children have a short memory span and they may forget what you are rewarding them for if you wait too long. This goes for punishments as well as rewards.