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Social-comparison praise has been hypothesized to decrease intrinsic motivation for the praised children because they may then view their behaviors as externally controlled. [15] Contrastingly, it is suggested that praise that focused on a child's competence (mastery) rather than social comparison may be important for fostering motivation. [34]
It is based on the idea that there are no bad children, just good and bad behaviors. Practitioners of positive discipline believe that good behavior can be taught and reinforced while weaning bad behaviors without hurting the child verbally or physically. People engaging in positive discipline believe that they are not ignoring problems but ...
Parent management training (PMT), also known as behavioral parent training (BPT) or simply parent training, is a family of treatment programs that aims to change parenting behaviors, teaching parents positive reinforcement methods for improving pre-school and school-age children's behavior problems (such as aggression, hyperactivity, temper tantrums, and difficulty following directions).
Encourage children to ask for help When we don’t perform as well as we would have liked, it’s easy to spiral into negative emotions. One way to encourage a growth mindset is to encourage ...
Praising children for their results doesn’t encourage them to have a growth mindset, defined as feeling encouraged to try new ways of solving challenging problems. In fact, it may cause them to ...
"Having an adult child means that they now have legal rights to make decisions," says Reena B. Patel, a parenting expert, positive psychologist and licensed educational board-certified behavior ...
Families that promote collectivism will frequently employ tactics of shaming in the form of social comparisons and guilt induction in order to modify behavior. [22] A child may have their behavior compared to that of a peer by an authority figure in order to guide their moral development and social awareness. [23]
The strong part of functional behavior assessment is that it allows interventions to directly address the function (purpose) of a problem behavior. For example, a child who acts out for attention could receive attention for alternative behavior (contingency management) or the teacher could make an effort to increase the amount of attention ...