PSYB45H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Emo, Developmental Disorder, Psychosomatic Medicine
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Parents who learn beh methods = lets them deal with a variety of child rearing concerns. Modelling and discussion = useful strategies for teaching parents beh change methods to improve their child rearing practices. Training 4 weeks four 2 hour sessions each week. Watching and discussing short, videotaped vignettes of parents model who portrayed positive or neg social beh toward children. = improvement in mother child social interaction and in child"s beh. Ex of problems where parent training is effective = children"s oppositional beh and bed wetting. Oppositional behaviour: refers to acting in a hostile and contrary manner (like frequent arguing and fighting ignoring rules and failing to comply with others request) Trained one mother to respond enthusiastically and with a smile (reinforcement) when eddie was cooperative and to isolate him in an empty room (punishment) for a few min each time he showed oppositional beh. After some sessions his beh = x5 cooperative responses > oppositional ones.
