SKINNERIAN ENVIRONMENTAL BALANCE: REINFORCEMENT AND PUNISHMENT AS GAINS AND LOSSES AND DIGITAL RECORD

Abstract

This study aimed to establish values and references through the method of inductive observation, based on human actions towards the environment, as well as nature's actions towards different types of environments. The purpose was to create a foundation for future effective and sensitive digital environmental records that consider both human and nature perspectives. Within this logical framework, the Skinnerian behavioral theory was utilized, incorporating the concepts of positive and negative reinforcement and punishment to explore various occurrences and their socio-environmental consequences. Given that this theory is based on living beings that can be stimulated, we established a correlation between the concept of nature and a human being in the early months of life, capable of feeling, reacting, and being sensitive. In this manner, we arrived at what we refer to as "Skinnerian gains and losses" (GPs), which establish values and symbols that can be recorded, defining an environmental balance with up to sixteen attributions, four for each responsible agent in relation to the affected entity, be it human or nature, within the context of the environment or society.