Behavioral Modification

_______ process of changing patterns of human behavior over the long term using various motivational techniques

In ___, a person is ambivalent about changing. during this stage, the person weighs benefit costs or barriers of the change including time, expenses, fear

at _____ stage is when a person takes definitive action to change their behavior.

A school - aged child earns time to play a favorite video game when homework is completed without argument is an example of ___ reinforcement

extinction is

• systematic desensitization

• what happened to the dinosaur

• pairing a positive response with a negative behavior

• removal of any reinforcement that might be associated with an unwanted behavior

list the ingredients of readiness to change

a scheduled reinforcement that praises a student after every 20 minutes of reading is an example of a __

• fixed interval of reinforcement

• variable interval of reinforcement

extinction is achieved when ___

• An inappropriate behavior is ignored and an appropriate behavior is reinforced

• An inappropriate behavior is reinforced and an appropriate behavior is ignored

• An appropriate behavior is ignored and an inappropriate behavior is reinforced

• An appropriate behavior is reinforce

behavioral modification involves

• solving problems through insight

• bringing behaviors under stimulus control

• application of learning principle to change behavior

• applying reward and punishments technique

a father scolds his son when he hits his little sister. the son stops hitting the sister. this change in the child behavior is a result of:

• punishment

• negative reinforcement

• positive reinforcement

• shaping