Objectives

• Define behavior modification
• Explore how behavior modification can be useful in practice 
• Learn basic behavior modification terms: Unconditioned stimulus and response. Conditioned stimulus and response, Discriminitive stimuli, Punishment, Reinforcement, Learned helplessness, Extinction burst, Shaping and Chaining
• Identify ways behavior modification can be used in therapy
• Identify ways in which understanding of stimuli and rewards can be used to increase motivation