Behavior modification

Behavior modification
• Analyzing
– Functional relationship

• Modifying behavior
– Develop and implement  change
 Characteristic of BM
• Focus on behavior

• Procedures based on behavioral principles

– Behavioral excess vs behavioral deficits

• Emphasis on current environmental events

– Controlling variables

• Precise description of a behavior modification procedure

• Treatment implement by people

• Measure behavior change

• De-emphasis on past events as cause of behavior

• Reject hypothetical underlying causes of a behavior