Modifying Human Behavior … And Strategies of its continuity, and some misconception about the approach of behavior modification

Abstract

              Counselling process aims to modifying undesired behaviors into learned desired be haviors and to make this process succeed ,these behaviors must be generalized. From here the importance of research which represented of maintaining the learned behavior and maintaining its continuity figured out . one of the goals of counselling is to help the individual to overcome his problems in a proper and organized manner and through which he can learn how to overcome his  future problems  and generalize this learning (behavior) . all that done through guidance and counselling programs that are designed and provided for patcents and all age groups by specialists in educational psychological counselling and vocational guidance , which cannot be separated because there are no clear and separating boundaries between them . they complete each other as the individual who is unable to adapt to the school, psychological and social atmosphere cannot choose a suitable career because he is preoccupied with his own problems that needs the use of educational guidance .The research presented (9) strategies and ingredients to generize learn behavior and maintain its continuity , including : 1- train and hope  2- aim for natural contingencies of reinforcement 3- train to generalize.

    In order to maintion the continuity of the behavior,we must not forget a main principle wich is  that success creates greater success and an the other hand the research addressed the objections and criticism of the behavior modification approach because it refuted many of the basic assumptions on which most psychology theories are based. Inspite of the thousends of scientific studies that left no room for doubt ,the curative procedures presented by behaviorism are highly effective in modifying human behavior . this trend has been subjected to many misconceptions ,some of them:  1-The behavioral approach does not distinguish between human behavior and  animal behavior   2- The behavioral approach ignores feeling and thinkin   3.Reinforcement and bribery are two sides of the same  coin . It is useful to remember that the ultimate goal of the behavior  modification process is for the individual to  reach self-control by replacing  nutural  reinforcers and removing external reinforcers as soon as possible after the individual has acquired the learned desired behaviors. After many studies refute these accusations.  The  research reached aconclusion that behavioral procedures are not less effective than other treatment methods if not the most. The  researcher recommended that the therapentic programs to madifu the behavior should include continuons strategies after treatment to maination the learned behavior , and suggested conducting applied experiemental studies that adapt these strategies in the fields : famils , schools , work and other fields.