...Modification of behavior – the name says it all, behavior modification * Can one modify his behavior, the answer is yes. There are some steps to modify one’s behavior 1. Decide what behaviors one wants to acquire 2. provide a positive reinforce that will improve one’s behavior 3. better results are achieved when focusing on the behavior one wants to acquire rather than eliminate * Behavior modification was introduced by, Robert Watson, and defined it as “application on the results of learning theory and experimental psychology to the problem of altering maladaptive behavior” Planning a program for behavior change * Set behavioral goals * Determine appropriate reinforcers – reinforcers depend on the learners, for example a good reinforcer for a child would be candy * Select procedures for changing behavior * Record, monitor results, and closely observe any changes from the baseline * Assesses and evaluate if there is improvement, or any area that needs to be strengthened Behavior modification in education Behavior modification – it is a systematic use of learning theories and techniques to change human behavior * as behavior modifiers teachers should encourage and discourage some behaviors by reinforcement or punishment * in analyzing behaviors a teacher should give a precise description of the behavior used, like “the child ignores requests to work” instead of ”the child is stubborn” * carefully applied reinforcement is the key...
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...B.F. Skinner developed the technique that called “Behavior Modification”. Behavior modification is based on one of his theory is based on the principles of operant conditioning. Behavior modification is use the reinforcement to shape behavior also include positive and negative. The reinforcement that I explain in early skinner he adapt that case study to use in behavior modification. Reinforcement is wanted some response from behavior so it make sense to use it to Modify behavior both of the methods are also based on human behavior that Skinner developed from reinforcement and punishment( website minddisorders: Behavior modification 2017) The most common that used is positive reinforcement “which encourages certain behaviors through a system...
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...Behavior Modification: I want to exercise 3 times a week for 1 hour. 1. The goal I set for myself is exercising 3 times a week for 1 hour a day. 2. My goal is to walk for 30 minutes right after school. I then will do another form of exercise for 30 minutes after dinner. 3. Charting my goals 4. If I meet my goal of exercising for 1 hour a day for 3 times a week, I will then reward myself with something that I want for that day. 5. I made many changes to this routine during the 4 week process. 6. I made a graph 7. My evaluation of my results are as follows: My first week, On Monday and Wednesday, I made it for only 30 minutes of exercise. I made excuses right after school on why not to walk. I then felt guilty, so I walked right after dinner. On Friday, May 24, I made it for the full hour. I was so proud of this accomplishment that it carried over to the following week. I made my goal for all 3 days. I felt very good about myself. This did not last for very long because on week 3, June 3 and 5th I once again fell short and only walked for 30 minutes. Not meeting my goal of 1 hour. June 7, I did make my goal. Again, my proud feeling carried over to week 4 and on June 10th and 12th I obtained my goal once again and did the full 1 hour of exercise. On June 14, I only did 30 minutes of...
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...1. The target behavior I chose to experiment with is my sleeping pattern. Since I am a student athlete, I do not get very much sleep at night. I typically go to bed around 11:00-12:00pm every night and wake up for morning practice at 5am most mornings. My hours of sleep range from 5-6 hours on certain days depending on if I have practice or not. Staying up late doing homework is usually the main cause, but it does not help when I have to wake up some mornings at 5am for swim practice. Sleep is extremely important for a person’s overall well being, so I want to modify this behavior to stay as healthy as I can and wake up feeling refreshed. 2. One of the main barriers that come into conflict with this behavior change would be my ability to take naps. I take a nap everyday in between practices. If I did not take a nap in between practices, I would be exhausted approaching practice number two. Since I take naps during the day, I am able to stay up late to do homework. Naps also allow me to feel refreshed for the rest of the day Also, since I finish practice around 6pm, I eat dinner right after and then start my homework around 8pm. I usually have a lot of homework/reading per night that requires me to study for hours. Lastly, I like to look at my phone and computer right before I go to bed. I have heard stories that the light coming from your phone/computer greatly affects your sleep quality. After I heard that story, I knew something had to change. 3. The procedure I will...
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...I have learned so much this semester that I feel that I am one step closer to becoming a good teacher. My goal is to become a special education teacher, one that will give my students lessons that go beyond the classroom. I want to give my students the skills they need to thrive and acquire a better understanding of the world. To accomplish my goals, I feel that behavior modification is an imperative classroom management approach for me to use. It is essential to have additional managerial approaches to classroom management, like authoritative or instructional. As a special education teacher, one of my goals is to help my students learn to behave appropriately in and out of the school setting. I need to help my students understand what appropriate...
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...Inadvertently Encourage Deviant Behaviors by Barrie E. Litzky, Kimberly A. Eddleston, and Deborah L. Kidder* Executive Overview Recent estimates of the costs associated with deviant behavior in the workplace are staggering. While part of the managerial function requires the establishment of rules and policies that promote good customer service and product consistency, managers who lead with a firm hand or place too much pressure on sales quotas, may be unknowingly contributing to their employees’ deviant behaviors. Managers must learn to identify the role that they play in triggering employee deviance. Once recognized, there is much that managers can do to ameliorate the triggers that encourage otherwise honest employees to engage in deviant behavior. M “I wouldn’t say what I did was unethical. Rather, it was more, say, questionable. But hey, my manager says, ‘The customer is always right.’ So basically, I was following her orders.” “Come on – everybody does it. It’s almost expected. I bet even my manager did it when he had my job.” “Considering how much money I bring into this place, I deserve it. They should be paying me more anyway.” anagers often face employees like these who try to justify their actions after being caught behaving inappropriately. Some managers may terminate these employees in an attempt to rid the organization of such unscrupulous individuals. But personality alone is a rather poor predictor of deviant behavior.1 In fact, 60 percent of all employees...
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...money to reinforce and punish her behaviors. Smoking a Little Less A Review of Literature Studies demonstrate that 37% of college students reported to be smokers, 28% of which began to smoke at around the age of 19; and the noted preference of the students is tobacco. According to a prior study, the explanations as to why the students smoked were the following: to fill the craving, the anticipation of being unable to smoke later, to deal with anxiety or emotional distress. As well as to produce positive stimulation, some reported that it was out of habit, as well as using smoking to socialize, and a use to relax from their tasks, or because they had nothing better to do, or as a pass time while waiting. Conversely, 50% of the 37% smoking student population made a failing attempt at decreasing or stopping the behavior to smoke. However, the way in which a student can actually quit smoking, is the person’s will to quit, seeing as to this is a behavior that becomes a part of daily routine of a person. There are many variables that need to be put into perspective, to find the effective manner in order to achieve the goal to decrease the smoking. To decrease the amount of smoking, the student must have a series of punishments as well as reinforcements to either increase the number of times the student abstains from smoking or decrease smoking overall on a weekly basis. Method Before the Modification Initially, we begin by observing...
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...JOHN B. WATSON (1878-1958) “Father of Behaviorism” Brenda Anyanwu Paul D. Camp Community College Mrs. Jean Farmer Psychology 201 Abstract Based on a quote from John B. Watson, “Psychology as the behaviorist views it is a purely objective experimental branch of natural science. Its theoretical goal is the prediction and control of behavior. Introspection forms no essential part of its methods, nor is the scientific value of its data dependent upon the readiness with which they lend themselves to interpretation in terms of consciousness. The behaviorist, in his efforts to get a unitary scheme of animal response, recognizes no dividing line between man and brute. The behavior of man, with all of its refinement and complexity, forms only a part of the behaviorist’s total scheme of investigation. (Classics in the History of Psychology) Although, I might not somewhat agree with his theory, Mr. Watson holds some truth about his view on his theory. What you are about to read is about his life and what lead him to his theory on behaviorism. Brenda Anyanwu Mrs. Jean Farmer Psychology 52A November 3, 2010 Project Assignment John Broadus Watson (1878-1958) “Father of Behaviorism” During the year of 1878, John B. Watson was born to parents Pickens and Emma Watson, he was their fourth child. Growing upon a farm in a small town of Travelers Rest, South Carolina the family was poor. Most of the family wealth had been too lost during the civil war. John’s parent...
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...students, and how it has affected the understanding of learning. After this summary one will understand what behavioral, cognitive, and constructivist learning theories look like and how the understanding of these theories are applied to learning. The summary of behaviorism and how it has affected the understanding of learning When one thinks of the word behaviorism the root word behavior presents itself. According to Webster (2010) behavior is the way a person carries, acts, or presents oneself. Add ism to the word and it becomes a doctrine and/or theory. As a result, behaviorism is the theory that the way one presents oneself can be changed. Teachers may identify with the word behaviorism as the word behavior management. This an issue that one has found to be the most probing question of teachers…what type of behavior management system should one implement in the classroom? Behaviorism is the use of extrinsic reward that results in a response, effect, and or behavior change. In behaviorism everything is a result of extrinsic. This theory pushes for some type of learning behavior change for the learner. Connectivism, classical conditioning, contagious conditioning, operant conditioning, and self regulation are the...
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...BEHAVIOR MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES TO USE EVERY DAY Behavior management is a style of parent/child interactions that focuses on a positive and pleasant approach. This approach will assist you in establishing interactions that will promote desirable behavior. The methods presented are not something to be used occasionally. For them to be fully effective, you must apply consistently across all areas of your child’s life – continually. Even though implementation can be difficult at first, eventually these techniques will become second nature to you. Even if you’ve tried some of the techniques in the past, it is important to try them again; they may have been less consistent last time you tried. They may be taking awhile to be effective, but keep in mind the longer the behavior has been evident, the longer it will take to change it. Behaviors can also change over time. New ones appear in the place of old. Those skills you learned in the past might be more applicable to what you find concerning today. It is your job to focus on the behavior you’d like to increase or decrease, the more you learn about behavior management techniques, the more tools you’ll gather to help shape and promote the behavior you’d like to see more often. BEHAVIOR IS: Any action that can be seen or heard Is observable Is measurable BEHAVIOR IS NOT: Your reaction to the situation Your interpretation of the situation Your expansion of the situation An effective method of...
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...Informational Interview Questions: Mental Health Supervisor Dennis Thomas Informational Interview Questions: Mental Health Supervisor Human Lifespan Development Psych 3210 Capella University November 2013 Informational Interview Questions: Mental Health Supervisor In my informational interview, I chose to conduct my interview with a Residential Coordinator for Good Shepherd Services, a residential treatment center located in Baltimore, Maryland that services at risk teenager’s within the age range of 12-21. I reached out to this person through a friend who also works in the mental health field and found that the interviewee posses over 20 years of supervisory experience in the mental health field as a supervisor. As a Residential Coordinator, the interviewee offers support to staff in assisting at risk teen’s process through many challenging mental health issues and concerns with the hope of discharging them back into society. I chose this topic because of my desire to work with at risk children in some capacity in the mental health field. Below is my series of questions I asked the interviewee during the interview: 1) How long have you worked in...
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...I choose to modify the behavior of how many times a week I incorporate cardio into my weekly workouts. I lift weights four to five times a week, but I always dread doing cardio, so I just don’t do it. However, I know the importance of cardio and the positive health benefits it brings to your body, so I have decided to make a lifestyle change. I will increase my cardio workouts from zero times a week to four times a week, while using positive reinforcement, to increase my behavior. I have designed a behavior modification program that I think will be very effective and will help me change my target behavior, so it will become a habit instead of something that I absolutely dread. My program will help me to increase my cardio workouts from zero...
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...• *** Meichenbaum Behavior Modification: o Even though we can’t control things that happen to us, we can control how we choose to think about them; we have the ability to control our own thoughts, and once we learn how to, our feelings & actions will change o Behavioral: Relaxation Assertiveness training (for someone who has social phobia) Role Playing Stress Inoculation: when you know you will be faced w/ a stressful situation & you prepare yourself for the stressful situation; can do relaxation or role play Keeping a journal of thoughts Rehearsal of Stress o Cognitive : Thought Interruption: client becomes aware of what they’re thinking. If the thought is negative, the client should stop the thought; stopping a negative thought & substituting it w/ a more positive thought; this allows client’s anxiety level to go down & can help w/ anger management (EX: sitting in dentist office & thinking about the pain & being scared; this increases your anxiety. You must replace these negative thoughts w/ more positive thoughts: I won’t feel pain b/c of anesthesia etc.) • If you’re stuck on an elevator and Beck, Michenbaulm & Ellis; this is what they would say or how they’d approach the situation: o Beck: “What thoughts are in your mind now?” “ Not everyone that’s stuck on an elevator dies.” o Mickenbaum: relaxation techniques, deep breathing; “ Stop your negative thinking & tell me one positive thought that you can replace it with.” o Ellis: : “ You’re...
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...Running head: BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION AND PERSON-CENTERED THERAPY Behavior Modification and Person-Centered Therapy Grand Canyon University PSY 255 May 15, 2012 Behavior Modification and Person-Centered Therapy Cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) is a treatment that helps patients to understand the feelings and thought that influence his or her behavior. Cognitive behavior treatment can help outpatient client deal with his or her problems. Many approaches can be used for outpatient therapy, two such treatments are Behavior Modification and Person-Centered Therapy. Cognitive treatments are used to treat disorders like depression, addiction, and anxiety, with the right treatment patient can become capable at fulfilling his or her potential for growth. Carl Rogers, a humanistic American psychologist, developed the client-centered therapy. His ideas have been used all over the world. Rogers’s person-centered approach has been used in education, parenting, organizational development, recovery, and administration (Natiello, n.d.). Roger believed that humans “naturally strive to reach an optimal sense of satisfaction with our lives” (Burger, 2008, p. 292.). Roger believe that therapist’s job is to provide an atmosphere where the clients can change themselves, therapist are not there to change the client. He believes that each person can develop in a positive self-actualizing fashion unless in some way his or her progress is impeded (Burger, 2008). Person-centered therapy or client-centered...
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...important alternative treatment options: diet and nutrition, and behavior modification therapy (Millichap, 2010). Diet and Nutrition According to Millichap (2010), “of all the alternative therapies proposed for the treatment of ADHD, diet and dietary supplements have demanded the most attention and invoked frequent controversy” (p. 144) . The controversy is largely due to the fact that there is minimal scientific studies around this type of ADHD intervention. However,...
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