As the child approaches his parental figure and ask for a sweet treat respectfully, his guardian may react to this behavior by saying kudos, praising him/her, yes now, you may have a piece of candy; this may be seen …show more content…
By manipulating the setting, we can help to prompt certain behaviors, sort of like reminders, what should we do when the lights are red? We stop etc. Within differential reinforcement, we can succor upsurge the desired behavior through rewarding only the desirable responses to the setting triggers. This helps to eliminate all other behaviors that may have been previously rewarded. So, one is prior to the behavior is done, like a reminder, the other is rewarding subsequently to the right behavior is done.
One example would be implementing in a home setting where the therapist and the parents would teach their child to respond appropriately instead of having tantrums and screaming while the parents are busy or out with the family. The therapist and parents could then implement a method where the child is taught to wait for a prompt (such as holding up a juicy container, pointing to it, and say ju, juice) and reward only the child repeat ju, juice. Rewarding the child’s behavior once he/she are able to articulate the word