HD FS 226 Study Guide - Attention Seeking, Glasser'S Choice Theory, Active Listening
30 Oct 2014
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Group dynamics: forces that are generated by and within groups that strongly affect behavior. Ex: student roles such as scape goats, instigator, clown, leader, follower. Students expect teachers to be role models, judges, referees, and surrogate parents. Positive influences: supporting student self-control, situational assistance, appraising reality. Punishment, if used at all, should never be physically hurtful and should consist only of preplanned consequences that are unpleasant, like sitting alone. 1954, suggested that voluntary behavior can be shaped through the use of positive reinforcement. Rewards given soon after a desired behavior will result in repetition of the desired behavior. Punishment should not be used in shaping behavior because the results are unpredictable. Successive approximation: behavior comes closer and closer to a preset goal. Some critics say it"s almost like bribing students to get desirable behavior and that beyond the primary grades, behavior modification isn"t suitable because it doesn"t teach students how not to behave.
