Negative Behavior Defined Hostility or aggressiveness. Narcissism or lack of accountability or responsibility. Rudeness, disrespect or bullying toward colleagues or clients. Actions or statements that undermine team motivation or business goals. Resistance to change or criticism.
Other Examples
Use of threatening or intimidating behavior or words. Using obscenities, profanity or pejorative (e.g., racially/culturally-derived/gender-based) terms or names directed at or in the presence of a student.
Hitting, isolating, humiliating, belittling, depriving children of food or drink, negative labelling, blaming and shaming.
For example, spanking a child when he throws a tantrum is an example of positive punishment. Something is added to the mix (spanking) to discourage a bad behavior (throwing a tantrum). On the other hand, removing restrictions from a child when she follows the rules is an example of negative reinforcement.
Some of these immature, irritating, or thoughtless behaviors or “classroom incivilities” include: lateness or leaving early. inappropriate cellphone and laptop usage in class. side conversations. disregard for deadlines.
Examples of negative attitudes in the workplace can be an employee consistently coming late, carelessly performing tasks, laziness, rudeness to other employees or management, spreading or creating rumors, or anything that you consider threatening to a positive workplace culture or environment.
Value disorientation. Inefficiency. High crime rate. Low investment and slow development.
Positive social behaviors refer to behaviors that are in accordance with social norms and expectations. Negative social behaviors refer to behaviors that might lead us to be outcast or could offend others.
Negative interactions may include discouraging the expression of feelings, making critical remarks, invading another's privacy, interfering in another's affairs, or failing to provide promised help, among others.
The most common disruptive behaviour disorders include oppositional defiant disorder (ODD), conduct disorder (CD) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). These three behavioural disorders share some common symptoms, so diagnosis can be difficult and time consuming.
2 Types of negative behaviour
1. Dishonesty: This is an act of telling lies and deceiving people 2. Examination malpractice: This is the act of cheating in examinations so as to enhance someone's performance.
A study on human behavior has revealed that 90% of the population can be classified into four basic personality types: Optimistic, Pessimistic, Trusting and Envious.
There are four types of positive reinforcers: natural, tangible, social, and token.
Three fundamental types of behaviour can be distinguished: the purely practical, the theoretical-practical, and the purely theoretical.
Effective Negative Consequences are given when a child breaks a rule or needs to be corrected. An Effective Negative Consequence has five components that make a consequence successful. They are immediate, degree/size, consistent, important, and varied.
Effects of Negative Behaviour in the Society.
It breeds low self-esteem, inferiority complex, and a low sense of hope for the future which affects the social ability of an individual to co-exist cooperatively. It could lead to criminal activities which is the greatest threat to any society.
For example, someone who believes that it is important for everyone to vote may volunteer to help register voters. Another example would be someone who adopts a pet because they believe that it is better to adopt a shelter pet than to buy from a breeder.
Behavioral (or conative) component: the way the attitude we have influenced how we act or behave. For example: “I will avoid spiders and scream if I see one.” Cognitive component: this involves a person's belief/knowledge about an attitude object. For example: “I believe spiders are dangerous.”