PSYC 2440 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Communication, Biofeedback, Nail Biting

• School: University of Manitoba
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2440
• Professor: All

Document Summary

Psych 2440 behavior modification principles lecture 2 - chapter 2. Behavioral techniques have been applied to help parents teach their children how to: o: to walk, use the toilet, develop initial language skills, and perform household chores. Strategies have been formulated to solve children"s sleep problems, and decrease problem behaviors, such as: o: nail biting, temper tantrums, aggressive behaviors, disregarding rules, non-compliance with parent"s requests, and frequent arguing. Applications were initially designed to change student behaviors that were disruptive or incompatible with academic learning such as: o: out-of-seat behavior, tantrums, aggressive behavior, excessive socializing. Other behavioral applications in schools have involved modifying academic behavior directly: o: oral reading, reading comprehension, composition, spelling. Individuals with special problems such as: learning disabilities, hyperactivity, handwriting, mastering math and science concepts, attention deficits. Capsi computer-aided psi: the use of students in the same course who have mastered a given unit of study material to act as proctors for that study unit.