Token Economy: Important Technologies of Behaviour Modifiers and Applied Behaviour

The behavior of humans (and other organisms or even mechanisms) falls within a range with some behavior being common, some unusual, some acceptable, and some outside acceptable limits. The acceptability of behavior depends heavily upon social norms and is regulated by various means of social control. Behavior Modification is the approach used by behavioral psychologists to modify behavior. It is usually based on the reinforcement of desired behaviors and ignoring (as far as possible) undesired ones. Token economies are used as a method of strengthening a behavior, or increasing its frequency, because the tokens are a way of “paying” children for completing tasks and the children can then use these tokens to buy desired activities or items (Miltenberger, 2008). In this paper I made an effort to explain that how can we eliminate undesirable behavior with the help of Token Economy.