Behavior Modification Basics (6 Hours)
Objectives
- Define behavior modification
- Explore how behavior modification can be useful in practice
- Learn basic behavior modification terms: Unconditioned stimulus and response. Conditioned stimulus and response, Discriminitive stimuli, Punishment, Reinforcement, Learned helplessness, Extinction burst, Shaping and Chaining
- Identify ways behavior modification can be used in therapy
- Identify ways in which understanding of stimuli and rewards can be used to increase change