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Educational Psychology
Classroom/ Behavior Managment
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Psychology
Undergraduate 3
11/19/2008

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Most frequent recipients of corporal pnishment are
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students with emotional or behavioral problems, as well as black, Hispanic, or lower SES white students
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Corporal punishment is used more frequently in
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public schools, by teacher with less education and experience, by middle school teachers, by male teachers,
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application of corporal punishment is often
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delayed, inconsistent, applied at the end of a behavioral chian, applied w/ variable intensity
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dependent group contingency
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the group's access to reinforcement depends on the behavior or performance of a single or at most a few other children
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interdependent group contingency
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the group's access to reinforcement depends on some kind of group criterion or performance or behavior
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independent group contingency
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each individual's access to reinforcement is dependent on his or her own behavior, what makes this a group contingency in a techinal sense is that the criterion of performance is the same for all individuals and the reinforcer is the same for all
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Essentials of behavior managment consists of
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clearly communicated rules and expectations, regular feedback, progress monitoring, and evaluation of implementation
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token economy is a
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behavior managment system where neural, tangible items are delivered in response to desirable behavior
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Benefits of token economy can be used for
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adressing behavior and / or academic difficultuies, with entire classes or with individual students, with students of any age or at any grade level
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1st step in token economy
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define in clear/ concrete terms, the stranger test, and the dead man's test
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Example itesm used as tokens
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poker chips, stickers, printed cards or coupons, check marks on a bulletin board
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Identifying rewards
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running errands, extra free time, positive note home to parents, choosing an activity for the class, oops card, wear hats in clas
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Establishing exchange rate
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the excahne rate is the number of tokens necessary to access rewards.
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Individualize the exchange rate to
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meet the needs of the class/ child
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Establishing time and place for token exchange
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decide on time and place of exchange in advance
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deliver tokens
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deliver tokens immediately after desirable behavior occurs, as frequently as possible, and with descriptive praise
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remove tokens
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as soon as the inappropriate behavior occurs
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Fade the token economy system
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once the student/class is achieving success consistently
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if the student/class is having difficulty linking the tokens to the reward:
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deprive the student/class access to the reward except through token exchange, increase the amount and/or intensity of the reward to be accessed with tokens, and allow token exchanges to occur more frequently
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data to record
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number of tokens per day/period, number of tokens removed per day/period
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The Good Behavior Game
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a class-wide inervention to decrease inappropriate behavior, teams get points for bad behavior and team w/ least points wins
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Matieral for good behavior game
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poster board conatining written description of the classroom rules, divide chalkboard into two sections with team names displayed
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Mystery Motivator
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an incentive system designed to deliver random rewards for appropriate behavior
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Home School Notes
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used to extend the influence of a parent from the home into the school setting
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