Question

.Applying Behavioral Principles in the Classroom – Chapter 7 (Learning) You are the school psychologist at an elementary school. A second grade teacher comes to you for advice. A 7-year old boy in her class is displaying frequent disruptive behavior in the class. The boy continually acts out in class – talking, hitting, getting out of his seat and refusing to engage in assigned work. The teacher constantly must talk to him and reprimand the boy. However, the boy’s disruptive behavior continues and has not diminished.provide an example of how the teacher could incorporate observational learning to shape the desired behavior.

Answer 1

In the scenario given here, there are 2 methods of operant conditioning which will help overcome behavior change in this 7 year old boy.

The first one is positive reinforcement where this boy shall be rewarded with a chocolate or toy for not misbehaving in class every day. Reward shall be awarded by the end of the hour or day. Next step is negative punishment if positive reinforcement fails. Here the boy shall be isolated from others as a form of punishment within classroom as to ensure that misbehaviour is not repeated.