Analyze the classroom behavior of a student, Laura, and explain what further assessment is needed before attempting to implement extinction to stop her behavior.
Assignment Question “Just ignore her and she will stop eventually” is advice heard in many classrooms and teacher lounges. This tactic technique might be extinction if the action withheld the previous sources of reinforcement for the behavior. Using extinction to change behavior requires much more than the apparent simple step of ignoring the behavior. For … Read more