Behavior+Modifications

toc = = = Definition: = A method of changing behavior through a systematic process based on the learning principles of classical conditioning, operant conditioning, or observational learning, page 153 Gen Psych Chapter 5 pp. 152-155

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Example, a teacher may send a child to the principal if he or she fights, with the goal that the the child would stop fighting to avoid the consequences of being sent to the principal. This is negative reinforcement.  Read more: [|http://www.livestrong.com/article/162265-examples-of-behavior-modification/#ixzz2ULMTamgR]

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=In the News:= Social Games For Health Behavior Modification [General Manager Chris] Cartter works for a Boston company called MeYou Health, which is cranking out these well-being apps for the iPhone. Largely the games use a concept of //small action//--little by little a specific goal is approached. [] Behavior modification: Looking to psychology for parenting solutions With hands flailing and curly brown hair flopping in all directions, a 5-year-old girl sits herself down in the middle of a supermarket aisle, forcing busy shoppers to maneuver their carts around the frenzied roadblock. “But I want cookies!” she screeches. A woman leans over the child, cheeks flushed with embarrassment, and hisses, “Don’t make a scene!” (Too late.) It’s a hypothetical scene that is all too familiar for many people — both parents and supermarket observers — parents allowing children to get out of hand and suddenly not being able to to quell their raging tantrums. But, such parents might say, such behavior is relatively normal, right? Staff reporter Stephannie Furtak investigates. []

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