The Standup Comic - Essay Example

So, when Mr. Devenney realizes the reason Connor is telling jokes, he uses this strategy to help Connor build up his self-confidence when he interacts socially with his peers. 

The reflection:

I believe that Connor’s case presents operant conditioning because the response increases as a result of being reinforced. Connor continued telling jokes because he wanted to get attention. Also, Connor’s case presents self-socialization because he adopts behavior that he believes will make him become accepted by his classmates. Mr. DeVenny’s strategy is an effective one but I think if Mr. DeVenny let Connor perform at the end of the class that could have given him more control over the class and time because students may take more time than he expected to laugh or discuss the joke at the beginning of the class which may be hard to finish his lesson. Finally, Mr. DeVenny is aware that Connor has issues in interacting with his peers and finding friends so he should find out from the beginning because Connor became the class clown.