CASE STUDY PSYCH
CASE 1
Case 1: Rico is a six-year old boy who does not want to eat his vegetables. His mother knows how important it is for Rico to be conditioned into a vegetable diet to avoid future health ailments. Rico’s family has a condition of hypertension and his mother does not want him at risk. Using counter-conditioning, how will you condition Rico to eat vegetables?
Stage 1:
Stage 2:
Stage 3:
Every six-year old boy loves smoothies and juices and Rico will probably like that too. In this study, vegetables will be the unconditioned stimulus which gives displeasure to Rico; and the juicing will be the conditioned stimulus which gives him the unconditioned response of pleasure. When vegetable was combined with his favorite juice we will get this unconditioned response of likeness. When we turned the vegetable into a juice we will get this conditioned response of pleasure, vegetable juicing will make Rico drink all the juice he wants and get the vitamins and minerals he needed.
Skinner’s Operant Conditioning Theory
Applicable for Case 1:
Positive Reinforcement:
Negative Reinforcement:
Rico will get a chocolate for drinking vegetable juice. Chocolates aren’t harmful if they were given just enough and is also good for the brain.
The vegetable juice should taste good to remove that disgust taste a child expects from a vegetable.
Positive Punishment:
Negative Punishment:
Rico will be scolded for not drinking the vegetable juice.
Rico wouldn’t be allowed to play outside if he didn’t finish the vegetable juice.
CASE 2
Case 2: Teacher Coney is having problems with Kevin, a seven-year old first-grader. During class, he would walk around the classroom, write on his classmates’ work activity and sometimes stick gum on his classmates’ hair. At play, he would grab the ball and run off with it causing his classmates to cry. Several complaints reached the guidance office from parents regarding Kevin’s behavior. The school counselor was asked by the school principal to
Case 1: Rico is a six-year old boy who does not want to eat his vegetables. His mother knows how important it is for Rico to be conditioned into a vegetable diet to avoid future health ailments. Rico’s family has a condition of hypertension and his mother does not want him at risk. Using counter-conditioning, how will you condition Rico to eat vegetables?
Stage 1:
Stage 2:
Stage 3:
Every six-year old boy loves smoothies and juices and Rico will probably like that too. In this study, vegetables will be the unconditioned stimulus which gives displeasure to Rico; and the juicing will be the conditioned stimulus which gives him the unconditioned response of pleasure. When vegetable was combined with his favorite juice we will get this unconditioned response of likeness. When we turned the vegetable into a juice we will get this conditioned response of pleasure, vegetable juicing will make Rico drink all the juice he wants and get the vitamins and minerals he needed.
Skinner’s Operant Conditioning Theory
Applicable for Case 1:
Positive Reinforcement:
Negative Reinforcement:
Rico will get a chocolate for drinking vegetable juice. Chocolates aren’t harmful if they were given just enough and is also good for the brain.
The vegetable juice should taste good to remove that disgust taste a child expects from a vegetable.
Positive Punishment:
Negative Punishment:
Rico will be scolded for not drinking the vegetable juice.
Rico wouldn’t be allowed to play outside if he didn’t finish the vegetable juice.
CASE 2
Case 2: Teacher Coney is having problems with Kevin, a seven-year old first-grader. During class, he would walk around the classroom, write on his classmates’ work activity and sometimes stick gum on his classmates’ hair. At play, he would grab the ball and run off with it causing his classmates to cry. Several complaints reached the guidance office from parents regarding Kevin’s behavior. The school counselor was asked by the school principal to
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