Come up with two examples for each area to share with the class. Medicine and health care. There are several areas related to medical practice that currently rely on operant principles. For example, patient compliance in drug-taking can be increased through appropriate reinforcement, as can stress management or the promotion of healthy lifestyles. Community psychology. Behavior modification techniques have been applied beyond the level of the individual to the level of the community. Community mental health centers, halfway houses, and youth organizations often employ behavioral techniques to promote job skills training or increase compliance with community programs (e.g., recycling, litter removal, decreasing vandalism). Business, industry, government. Positive reinforcement, schedules of reinforcement, fading, and chaining have been used to improve worker morale, reduce shoplifting, decrease absenteeism, and increase worker efficiency. Sport psychology. Behavior modification has been used to improve athletes’ skills (such as coordination and execution), to change coaches’ behaviors (such as teaching effective managerial strategies), to increase motivation and endurance (such as having athletes keep public records of their fitness training), and to treat athletes’ personal problems (such as a behavioral therapist might do). Behavioral assessment. Psychodiagnostic assessment has gained a new partner in behavioral assessment. Identifying problem behaviors and long-standing behavior repertoires at intake can help establish an effective treatment program.
Come up with two examples for each area to share with the class.
Medicine and health care. There are several areas related to medical practice that currently rely on operant principles. For example, patient compliance in drug-taking can be increased through appropriate reinforcement, as can stress management or the promotion of healthy lifestyles.
Community psychology. Behavior modification techniques have been applied beyond the level of the individual to the level of the community. Community mental health centers, halfway houses, and youth organizations often employ behavioral techniques to promote job skills training or increase compliance with community programs (e.g., recycling, litter removal, decreasing vandalism).
Business, industry, government. Positive reinforcement, schedules of reinforcement, fading, and chaining have been used to improve worker morale, reduce shoplifting, decrease absenteeism, and increase worker efficiency.
Sport psychology. Behavior modification has been used to improve athletes’ skills (such as coordination and execution), to change coaches’ behaviors (such as teaching effective managerial strategies), to increase motivation and endurance (such as having athletes keep public records of their fitness training), and to treat athletes’ personal problems (such as a behavioral therapist might do).
Behavioral assessment. Psychodiagnostic assessment has gained a new partner in behavioral assessment. Identifying problem behaviors and long-standing behavior repertoires at intake can help establish an effective treatment program.
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