Mrs. Simon, a 4th grade teacher, has a perfect class, except Natalie. Natalie is a lovely child, but is very talkative and often off task. She tends to blurt out instead of raising her hand. Mrs. Simon consults with the district school psychologist, and decides to start ignoring Natalie when she blurts without being called upon. The school psychologist expands on this plan by encouraging Mrs. Simon to shower Natalie with praise when she is on task, no matter what the activity, both in the classroom and out. The school psychologist is suggesting Mrs. Simon use.

Extinction and positive reinforcement

Explanation:

Extinction and positive reinforcement refers to a procedure in which reinforcement that is provided for problem behavior is discouraged in order to reduce the occurrence of the negative behavior. This can be used to eliminate the negative behavior of Natalie.

Differential reinforcement of incompatible behavior (DRI) is a process of identifying a behavior that’s incompatible with or cannot occur at the same time as the problem behavior. It is used to replace negative behaviors with positive behaviors. Such as showering Natalie with praise when she is on a task.

Noncontingent reinforcement: It is a positive reinforcement which involves delivering reinforcement on a fixed-time schedule independent of whether the individual exhibits the target behavior during the interval.