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Behavior Modification, Lois Cox

Honors Theses

Even though this seems to be a relatively new area of education, as early as 1920 behavior modification has been used in correcting behavior.

J.B. Watson had four basic ideas in this area: 1. The educational response of fear could be conditioned. 2. It would transfer to stimuli other than the initial stimulus which caused the fear. 3. The fear would last over a period of time. 4. It could be unlearned.

These four items are very similar to the techniques used today in the modification program. Watson's experiment with a small child named Albert proved his above theories to …