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Weeks, Cristal E.; Kanter, Jonathan W.; Bonow, Jordan T.; Landes, Sara J.; Busch, Andrew M. – Behavior Modification, 2012
Functional analytic psychotherapy (FAP) provides a behavioral analysis of the psychotherapy relationship that directly applies basic research findings to outpatient psychotherapy settings. Specifically, FAP suggests that a therapist's in vivo (i.e., in-session) contingent responding to targeted client behaviors, particularly positive reinforcement…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Research Methodology, Logical Thinking, Positive Reinforcement
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Thompson, Marion; And Others – American Educational Research Journal, 1974
In this study, fourteen teachers were trained to use a contingency management program emphasizing the reinforcement of appropriate conduct while minimizing attention to inappropriate conduct. Twelve of the fourteen experimental classrooms improved dramatically as a result of the program. (Author/NE)
Descriptors: Behavior, Behavior Change, Classroom Observation Techniques, Classroom Techniques
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Schonewille, Jack; And Others – Canadian Journal of Education, 1978
Measures the relative effectiveness of a short-term punishment versus a snort-term positive reinforcement contingency system for reducing the frequency of specific inappropriate behaviors of a group of senior elementary students. Students were directly involved in identifying the different types of discipline so that they might help determine the…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Classroom Techniques, Educational Research, Elementary Education
Walker, Hill M.; Buckley, Nancy K. – 1968
The studies in section six (of a six part report on the assessment and treatment of deviant behavior in children)investigated questions generated by the application of the treatment model in the experimental class setting (EC 032 210). The first experiment, on attending behavior, was designed to measure the conditionability of attending behavior…
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Change, Classroom Techniques, Emotional Disturbances
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McDonald, James E. – Journal of the Association for the Study of Perception, 1977
Studies the effects of training a mother in increase praise statements and decrease reprimands on the rate of her daughter's noncompliant behavior. Results suggest that parent training is effective in reducing deviant child behavior, i.e., the use of positive reinforcement and the withholding of reprimands appeared to effect a marked reduction in…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Child Psychology, Educational Research, Extinction (Psychology)
Eber, Lucille; Lewis-Palmer, Teri; Pacchiano, Debra – 2002
This report describes the methodology and initial results of an evaluation of the universal (school-wide) Positive Behavioral Intervention and Support (PBIS) initiative in Illinois, including (1) strategies for establishing research-based practices and data-based evaluation systems in implementation schools; (2) methodology and initial findings of…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems