Application and Analysis of Interaction from a Theoretical Perspective Analysis

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Child Initials VL Age (years and months) 3 years 11 monthsDate of InteractionLocation of InteractionFPMHNP Student verbal and non-verbal communicationChild verbal and non-verbal communicationFPMHNP Student ReflectionTheorist application and analysis of interaction6/11/2023VL’s house in the living roomGood morning VL?-I bend down next to VL on the couch to make eye contact“VL what’s wrong?”I am still kneeling, awaiting eye contact“What blanket was it?”“Can we call the company and see if they, have it?I am looking at VL, who is looking at her motherMaybe I can get you another one?”-I have now made eye contact with VLI am looking at VL’s mom.“That’s where she gets it from”-I pull out my phone and open the amazon app.I press purchaseNo answer. VL is sitting on the couch next to her mother with her head resting on her mother's lap.“I lost my blanket at the party” VL is sat. She continues to lay down. She does not make eye contact.“It’s the pink one that I always have. Someone took it. “VL’S mother: “No one took it. You left it inside the bounce house.”VL: “Mommy did and they said it's not there.”VL’s mother: “She needs to be more careful with her stuff. It shouldn’t have been outside anyway.”VL: “But if I didn’t bring it my baby would have been cold. You only bought one dress.”VL’s mother: “Stop now. Your dolls have plenty of dresses. You lost it and that’s it. You have 10 other blankets. “VL: “It was my only Cinderella blanket “VL is noticeably sad. She is rubbing her hands down her mother's legs. She continues to look down. No eye contact“From where, Amazon?”VL is looking at me. She is excited. She is now sitting up.VL’s mom and I laugh.VL’s mother; “She’s too much”VL looks up. She then walks over to…

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In purchasing a new blanket for VL, I inadvertently rewarded negative behavior. The goal should have been to decrease the frequency of an undesirable behavior, i.e. VL’s tendency to be careless with her stuff.To ensure that VL takes greater care of her stuff, it would have been more effective to apply punishment. In essence, “like reinforcement, punishment can work either by directly applying an unpleasant stimulus or by removing a potentially rewarding stimulus” (Lattal and Chase, 2013, p. 197). In VL’s case, I would be in favor of the application of an undesirable consequence for the loss of any of her items (the blanket in the present scenario).-The unpleasant stimulus in this case would be refusal to replace the blanket for a specified period of time, i.e. one month. While the immediate replacement of a lost item could be seen as rewarding negative behavior, the delayed replacement of….....

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