Question

An eight-year-old child is showing aggressive and disruptive behaviour in the class. As a student of Psychology, what, techniques would you suggest to help modify the child's behaviour?

Answer 1

For the above given situation four techniques from behaviour therapy would work better on the child. They are:

1. Negative reinforcement: Punishing him for his actions might result in discernible changes.
2. Positive reinforcement: Praise him for his positive behaviour and good manners to get him to change his ways.
3. Token economy: In this method, he will be encouraged and motivated to maintain excellent behaviour by receiving prizes in the form of tokens gathered for it.
4. Differential reinforcement: Not addressing him when he misbehaves and tantrums, but also praising him when he behaves well with his classmates, will increase his proclivity to conduct right.