英文摘要 |
A humanistic play therapist entered a“behavior modification theories and techniques”class and attempted to cultivate professional development in the content. The purpose of this paper is to recount the post-class discussion, with its diverse points of views between two higher education scholars. The situations that the authors address are four-fold: A. when a child encounters difficulty, followers of the humanistic approach tended to expect the child to develop problem-solving competency independently, whereas behavioral approach proponents emphasized the fitness of the amounts and types of support and the level of difficulty, or how environmental design can assist child learning; B. When the child is learning new behavior, the humanistic approach foresees the child reflecting on and learning from errors; behavioral approach proponents would prioritize the experience of accumulated successes and develop appropriate small steps to reach the learning goal; C. The authors comment on how the humanistic approach views implementing reinforcement; re-learn the establishment of reinforcement and removal of unnecessary reinforcer, and, meanwhile, gain a comprehensive perception of motivation and reinforcement; D. neither of the two approaches suggested punishment; the behavioral approach explores the side effects of punishment more in depth. The paper ends with a discussion of how the boundaries among paradigm approaches, in fact, become obstacles in fully understanding different points of view than ours. The humanistic approach and behavioral approach use different terminology, yet their person-centered values are identical and they complement one another. |