Behavioral Modification

- Reinforcement

- Rewards

- Schedual

- Punishment

- Threating

- Modeling

- Praise

- Gives misunderstanding

- Specify the behavior

- Elimination of bad behavior

We use behavioral modification in classroom to:

1) Reinforce good behavior

2) Eliminate bad behavior

Example of reinforcer is GAMES.

Extinction (elemination) is achieved when an inappropraite behavior is ignored and an apporpraite behavior is reinforced..

Note: it is mistake to use punishment of child, cause punishment could reinforce the behavior because of the attention.

Negative side effects of using punishment:

• students became disruptive

• students will continue to seek attention

• students may stop learning

• students may damage school property