Who is Operant ConditioningMost Effective with?

•Children
•Animals
•Mentally handicapped

Applications of Operant Conditioning in Real Life Situations
•  Child rearing.
•  Classroom management.
•  Teaching of skills.
•  Animal taming.
•  Advertising.
•  Psychological intervention and Psycho- therapy: behavior modification, assertiveness training, and
token economy.

Child Rearing
Things to remember:
•If you make rules, stick to them; if you can not stick to them then don’t make rules.
•Provide immediate reinforcement as promised.
•Consider no reinforcement along with positive/ negative reinforcement and punishment.

Classroom Management
•In different situations positive/negative reinforcement, punishment, and no reinforcement work.
•The same rules apply as is in child rearing.

Significant results in case of:
•  Discipline
•  Memorization e.g. learning tables
•  Vocabulary
•  New skills

Shaping procedures are of special help in classroom settings.

Organizational Behavior
•Fixed wages after a fixed period orvariable wages depending on performance have different effects in
different situations.

Psychotherapy/care for special needs/health psychology
•More effective when combined with cognitive approach for:
•Children with special needs.
•Quitting smoking or alcohol.
•Weight reduction programs.
•Compliance with medical advice.

How do many youngsters start taking drugs?
•Operant conditioning principles operate here too. What positively reinforces addictive behavior can be
the:
•Free offers.
•The subsequent effect.
•Peer acceptance.

 Weight Reduction Programs
 
Following can be of help:
•Contracts
•Allowing one’s self to eat favorite food once a week
Learning Healthy Lifestyles
Acquiring better skills for improving and enhancing healthcan be made easier by using learning techniques.

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