Stahlke Adoption

Behavior Modification, Part III

March 1986
The teacher observed the two exercises, the first using negative reinforcement and the second employing positive reinforcement. She was pleased that the results had been so clear--positive reinforcement gave an outcome in half the time! Her management class had just learned, hands-on, that praising good behavior works better than punishing bad behavior.

March 2011
Experts gave the parents "point sheets" to record the child's good behavior throughout the day. He/she earned points toward a reward, which in this case was thirty minutes of TV. The mom remembered the class she had taught so many years ago.

The new system worked. After a few weeks, however, the child told his mom, "I'm tired of being good!" But he kept at it, and his parents saw definite improvement.

posted by Stahlkes @ 8:14 PM