Behavioral-Cognitive Approach

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In your post you mentioned the 13 concepts of behavioral-cognitive approach (Becvar & Becvar, 2013). The two approaches I am going to expound on is the shaping process and contingency contracting.
In the shaping process it is described as a complex desired behavior (that is a behavior that is desired) and it’s divided into subparts. By these subparts reward and punishment is implemented until all the behaviors displayed makes a whole. For example, I would like my dog to pee outside instead of the house. Small steps of reward is taking place each time he pees outside. With the behavior cognitive approach is contingency contracting, is described as negotiating the desired behavior change between two individuals. This approach works by implementing