PSYB45H3 Chapter 1: Behaviour Modficiation - Chapter 1 Book Notes
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The characteristics that define behaviour include: behaviour is what people do and say, described with action verbs, not a static characteristics of the person. Example tim"s paper for his english class is a week late. He gives the paper to his professor and lies, saying that it is late because he had to see his sick grandmother. The professor accepts the paper without any penalty. He also missed his history test, and uses the same excuse. The professor lets him take the test a week late. Characteristics of behaviour modification: focus on behaviour. Sometimes labels are accidently identified as the causes of behaviour: a label cannot be the cause of the behaviour because the label does not exist as a physical entity or event, precise description of behaviour modification procedures. Should only be done so with sufficient training www. notesolution. com. Precise descriptions of procedures and professional supervision allow non-professionals to implement procedures correctly.
