User:LaDonna205/Behavior modification

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The first use of the term behavior modification appears to have been by Edward Thorndike in 1911. His article Provisional Laws of Acquired Behavior or Learning makes frequent use of the term "modifying behavior".[5] Through early research in the 1940s and the 1950s the term was used by Joseph Wolpe's research group.[6] The experimental tradition in clinical psychology used it to refer to psycho-therapeutic techniques derived from empirical research.[7] In the 1960s behavior modification operated on stimulus-response-reinforcement framework (S-R-SR), emphasizing the concept of 'transactional' explanations of behavior. It has since come to refer mainly to techniques for increasing adaptive behavior through reinforcement and decreasing maladaptive behavior through extinction or punishment (with emphasis on the former).

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''I like the addition proposed and it is appropriately positioned in the current paragraph. After the term 1960s, you need to include a comma. The source cited appears to be an example of peer-reviewed secondary literature, but I can only access the abstract. Does this conform to Wikipedia requirements? I understand why you need to provide an older source given the historical statement, but you will need to include at least two examples of peer-reviewed secondary literature published in the last 10 years. I would encourage you to bring over more the organizational structure of the existing Wikipedia article (e.g., headers and such), so that is clear how your proposed edits will fit with the flow. Good work so far!''