PSYC 412 Lecture 16: Developmental Psychopathology 16
23 Dec 2015
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Changing the rates of behavior through consequences. What happens after a behaviour determines whether you will see more or less of it. Punishment should decrease behaviour, but in real life, it may be tricky to figure out what"s actually going on during the punishment. If you don"t get a lot of attention, then when your parent punishes, you, your attention may be enough. Keep in mind: reinforcers are personal and developmental. You need to make sure the kid likes it and it fits with the development level of the child. Child completes an academic task independently, teacher says good job and pats him on the back. Is the youth more concerned about their peers" opinions than the opinion of the teacher: you need to make sure that this is, because otherwise you"re going to have the opposite effect to what you want.
