PSYB45H3- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 18 pages long!)
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Kelly, a second grade student performed at a much lower level in completing addition and subtraction problems than any of the other students in her daily math classes; she was also disruptive during the class. Tea(cid:272)he(cid:396) (cid:396)easo(cid:374)ed that i(cid:374)(cid:272)(cid:396)easi(cid:374)g kell(cid:455)"s pe(cid:396)fo(cid:396)(cid:373)a(cid:374)(cid:272)e i(cid:374) sol(cid:448)i(cid:374)g the assig(cid:374)ed math problems might make it more pleasurable for kelly to work at the problems and might also decrease the disruptive interactions with nearby students. The teacher told kelly that for every math problem she gets correct per half hour, the whole class would have 1 extra minute of recess. Behaviour modification research attempts to demonstrate that it was the treatment, not some uncontrolled variable, that was responsible for any change in the target behaviour. Suppose that teacher wanted to demonstrate that the treatment program was indeed responsible for. Kell(cid:455)"s i(cid:373)p(cid:396)o(cid:448)e(cid:373)e(cid:374)t, hence at the end of 2nd week of the reinforcement program, the teacher decided to eliminate the reinforcement and return to the baseline condition.
