Category Archives: Chapter 3
015 – Chapter 3, Part 1
Chapter 3 Exploit the Power of Positive Reinforcement Developmental Factors and the Learning Process Picture your child as a baby just a few days old. Several times every day your baby gets hungry, and, as babies do, cries. When you … Continue reading
016 – Chapter 3, Part 2
A Strategy for Constructive Discipline How can parents take advantage of the natural developmental influences on children’s behavior to construct an effective approach to discipline? The answer involves a strategy for discipline with two equally important components, both direct reflections … Continue reading
017 – Chapter 3, Part 3
A Strategy for Constructive Discipline (continued) Provide Advantages for Responsible Behavior During a typical day parents are likely to reward their child’s appropriate behaviors numerous times, often without any thought or even awareness. By consciously thinking about the processes involved … Continue reading
018 – Chapter 3, Part 4
Provide Advantages for Responsible Behavior (continued) Fourth, reinforcing the behavior increases the likelihood that the behavior will occur again, but it does not guarantee it. Making lasting changes in a behavior requires a sustained period of reinforcement to assure … Continue reading
019 – Chapter 3, Part 5
Eliminate Established Misbehaviors First, The Bad News Many parents say their children keep doing things they really dislike despite many efforts to stop them. The Principle of Positive Reinforcement, recognizing that any behavior which is reinforced enough times becomes internalized, … Continue reading
020 – Chapter 3, Part 6
Eliminate Established Misbehaviors (continued) Now, The Good News The good news, on the other hand, is that through careful application of the Principle of Positive Reinforcement, it is possible to overcome this potential roadblock, while bypassing any direct assault on … Continue reading
021 – Chapter 3, Part 7
Summary of the Basic Rationale Our goal is to teach children to take adequate responsibility for their own behavior so that as they move from infancy toward adulthood they become increasingly capable of handling the freedom and choice allowed them. … Continue reading