Mr. Byrne can’t understand why scolding his seventh-grade students for disruptive classroom behaviors make them more unruly. Explain Mr. Byrnes…
Mr. Byrne can’t understand why scolding his seventh-grade students for disruptive classroom behaviors make them more unruly. Explain Mr. Byrnes predicament in terms of operant conditioning principles. Show how he could use operant conditioning techniques to (a) reduce disruptive behaviors and (b) increase cooperative behaviors.