Breaking Bad Habits or Starting Good Ones: Behavior Modification using Operant Conditioning Deadline: beginning of class on Wednesday‚ October 23rd Is there a habit that you would like to break? For example‚ maybe you think that you drink too much coffee‚ bite your nails too much‚ or put things off too often. Or maybe there is a word or phrase that you would like to use less frequently (e.g.‚ “like”‚ “uhhh” “literally”). Alternatively‚ is there a behavior that you would like to do more
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to Brennan (2003) a person’s behaviour‚ including their personality‚ is learnt. As children we are tabula rasa‚ which means we do not have any innate behaviour‚ we learn these as a result of conditioning. Watson’s famous but highly unethical “little Albert experiment” highlights the influence of conditioning. Driscoll (2000) suggests that behaviourism offers a particular perspective on how learning occurs and how teaching impacts that process. Green et al (2000) propose that only evident‚ measurable
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Psychology Week 3 Assignment 1) Distinguish between operant conditioning‚ observational learning‚ and social learning. How are these different kinds of learning utilized in the work place? Give specific examples for each one. a) Operant conditioning is the learning through voluntary responses and its consequences. A specific behavior is performed and from that behavior there is a consequence. For me‚ in the workplace‚ I know that if I complete my jobs assigned to me then I am complimented on
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I will become on the bad behavior (bad language). The first technique that I believe can help to rid me of my potty mouth is reinforcements; which can be described by Skinner as anything that will work towards increasing the occurrence of the operant response. Terry (2009) (pg. 101) I can use reinforcements (positive or negative) to decrease the amount of times that I use profanity throughout the day‚ using reinforcements to strengthen my mental capabilities and keep the profanity switch turned
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wins the championship game and Mr. Miller becomes a major league pitcher. (Hancock‚ 2002) Within the context of this dramatized sports story three elements that have roots in sports psychology can be observed: arousal state management‚ practice and operant condition. Each of these elements will be discussed as presented in the film with additional empirical evidence and support below Being able to harness the power stemming from altered emotional states such as anger and other changes of our internal
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Good psychological health is characteristic of a person’s ability to complete some key functions and activities‚ including: learning ability‚ ability of feel‚ expression and management of all kinds of positive and negative emotions‚ the ability to form and maintain good human relations and the ability of deal with and change management and uncertainty. (Mental health foundation) Good psychological health not only is the lack of may diagnose mental health problems‚ although a good mental health may
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Assignment 1 The cognitive perspective is a theory that attempts to explain human behaviour by understanding our thought process. Our information process is compared to that of a computer: Inputting‚ storing and receiving data. One of the most famous cognitive psychologists was a scientist called Jean Piaget (1896-1980). According to Piaget‚ understanding comes in the form of ‘schemas’ (Fritscher‚ 2011). Schemas are cognitive structures that represent certain aspects of the world (pre-conceived
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an ad comes onto the TV in the middle of their favourite show. Most of the learning experienced by consumers is low-involvement learning. Types of Learning Conditioning | Cognitive learning | * classical conditioning * operant conditioningThere are two forms of conditioned learning: classical and operant. Classical conditioning is the process of using an existing relationship between a stimulus and response to bring about the learning of the same response for a different stimulus. |
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psychological stand point there are a few ways to look at it. In modern psychology there are three concepts of learning. None have been proven any more plausible than the others‚ so taking a look at each one seems to be the best idea. Classical conditioning was the first and most basic concept of learning. A man named Ivan Pavlov founded this theory. The core of this concept says that once the conditioned stimulus is paired with another secondary stimulus in the absence of the originally stimulus
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References: Dembo‚ M. H.‚ (2004). Applying Educational Psychology in the Classroom. University of Garry‚ D Huitt‚ W. and Hummel. T. (1997). An Introduction to Operant (Instrumental) Conditioning. Educational Psychology Interactive. Valdosta‚ GA: Valdosta State University Mayer‚ R‚F Mbunda‚ F.L.‚ (2006). Application of Teaching and Learning Theories. Dar es Salaam. Munn‚ L N‚ Ferdinand. D‚ & Ferdinand‚ P. S (1972). Basic Psychology
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