Hsc Strengths And Weaknesses

One of the strengths of this book was something that I struggled with during the reading process. Splitting the book into two parts is actually quite smart. All of the case studies make up the first half and all of the results are the second half. All of the flipping back and forth was irritating, but now I look at it as a chance to really test yourself. The answer is not just presented to you. You have to go and find it. That way there’s an opportunity to see if the reader can solve the mystery before flipping back to the solution. The second strength that comes out of Behavioral Detectives is the fact that every single case being solved has happened in real life (Newman and Reinecke, 2007, p.12). That is so important for people …show more content…
It seems like even they don’t really understand what is going on either. It is especially important to remain consistent (Newman & Reinecke, 2007, p.142). No child is going to learn that something they are doing is inappropriate or unacceptable if some authority figures allow it to happen and the rest are on the other side of this issue. We talked about it in class, but the book reiterated the need to do a reinforcer assessment. Attempting to reinforce an appropriate behavior is pointless if what you are using is not a reinforcer for that specific individual (Newman & Reinecke, 2007, p.150). Another takeaway from Behavioral Detectives would have to be the additional terminology. Before doing the reading, I did not know what “failure to generalize” was and that it was possible for someone to be able to perform a task in one location but not be able to anywhere else (Newman & Reinecke, 2007, p.134) . I also did not know what a “Differential Reinforcement of Other” plan was, and I’m not sure I understand it fully now either but it is something new that crossed my path (Newman & Reinecke, 2007,