Modeling, shaping, and chaining are three different processes to implement behavior change. Imitation is the use of physical demonstration, shaping is a manipulating a behavior to be executed in a particular form, and chaining is simplifying a behavior into smaller responses to make up on complex behavior. Extinction is the process of removing reinforcers for a behavior and is used in shaping new behavior. When conducting a behavior chain, task analysis has an important role for revealing the necessary steps needed to complete a task.
Behavior analyst have different forms of procedures to develop new behavior. A few of these procedures are imitation (modeling), shaping, and chaining. Imitation, as known as modeling, is simply …show more content…
A practitioner would use differential reinforcement, a procedure of reinforcing the correct form of behavior while not reinforcing the incorrect form to build the behavior into the desired outcome (Cooper et al., 2007, p. 421). Differential reinforcement gains two results from the one application. It provides results of an increase in the response that is rewarded and a decrease in the responses that match the desired behavior the least. Shaping can take place when teaching a child to write their name. Although a child may know the letters needed to create their name, some letters may be written backwards. The teacher progresses from reinforcing the child writing the correct letter to the child writing the letter …show more content…
Each response serves as a reinforcer for the next response as well as a discriminative stimulus for the previous response. The learner works on each task until it is mastered. When that is accomplished, the next response is learned until the person reaches the ultimate behavior. A behavior change must consist of responses that are performed in a distinct order, with each response acting as a stimulus for the upcoming response (Cooper et al., 2007, p. 436). A behavior chain can be created to teach a child how to brush their teeth. Walk to bathroom – pick up toothbrush – wet brush – open toothpaste tube – squeeze small amount of paste on brush – brush teeth in side to side
Behavior analyst have different forms of procedures to develop new behavior. A few of these procedures are imitation (modeling), shaping, and chaining. Imitation, as known as modeling, is simply …show more content…
A practitioner would use differential reinforcement, a procedure of reinforcing the correct form of behavior while not reinforcing the incorrect form to build the behavior into the desired outcome (Cooper et al., 2007, p. 421). Differential reinforcement gains two results from the one application. It provides results of an increase in the response that is rewarded and a decrease in the responses that match the desired behavior the least. Shaping can take place when teaching a child to write their name. Although a child may know the letters needed to create their name, some letters may be written backwards. The teacher progresses from reinforcing the child writing the correct letter to the child writing the letter …show more content…
Each response serves as a reinforcer for the next response as well as a discriminative stimulus for the previous response. The learner works on each task until it is mastered. When that is accomplished, the next response is learned until the person reaches the ultimate behavior. A behavior change must consist of responses that are performed in a distinct order, with each response acting as a stimulus for the upcoming response (Cooper et al., 2007, p. 436). A behavior chain can be created to teach a child how to brush their teeth. Walk to bathroom – pick up toothbrush – wet brush – open toothpaste tube – squeeze small amount of paste on brush – brush teeth in side to side