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Education QUESTION #6900
Question 1
A teacher gives a student who regularly seeks power the role of 'class monitor' and assigns him to lead a group activity. The student's behavior improves. This strategy BEST reflects which management principle?
  • Behavior modification through positive reinforcement of compliant behavior
  • Assertive discipline's reward tier for students who comply with rules
  • Dreikurs' approach of redirecting mistaken goals by meeting students' underlying need for significance in prosocial ways✔️
  • Permissiveness, which grants students freedom to fulfill their own needs
Correct Answer Explanation
Dreikurs argued that when a student's power-seeking behavior stems from an unmet need for significance, the teacher should redirect that need — giving the student legitimate opportunities to exercise power and feel valued. This addresses the root cause rather than simply suppressing the symptom.