The program was designed to train elementary school teachers in the application of eight behavioral techniques (i.e., stimuli control, cost of response, reinforcing alternative responses, self-control of anger, group contingencies, task analysis, monitoring, and shaping).
Negative behavior is ignored when possible, while differentially reinforcing alternative or incompatible positive behavior.
After the participant had made a choice, the computer randomly designated one of the curtains to be the reinforced alternative.
Discussions with important others frequently provided the impetus to consult, but paradoxically others often initially reinforced alternative explanations.
"Developments during the lame-duck Congress reinforce an alternative view that Obama is alive and well politically and likely to win re-election.
Finally, encourage and enforce (and continually reinforce) an alternative view: Continue to provide examples and activities that engage students' minds and prod them to think in new ways.
"If this framework is absent or insufficient we must identify and reinforce viable alternatives.
A strategy that involves eliciting preconceptions, engaging in numerous counterexamples, and continually reinforcing an alternative view is generally effective.
The "blended" approach enabled key concepts to be explored and reinforced using alternative, perhaps less didactic delivery methods.
Results for mice reinforced for alternative choices were not significantly different, so the data are shown combined, as well as separately, in Table 1.
