The Importance Of Bed-Making In Psychology

Introduction: Skinner (1958) believed behaviourism to be a spontaneous event with the environment, causing organisms to either avoid or approach a familiar situation afterwards in which can prolong the effect on the organism. The environment would produce a reinforcing effect resulting in a conditioned stimulus, whatever the organism felt the first time, they are likely to feel that way again when the stimulus is reappears, Skinner (1958). This type of psychology makes an important observation on other populations around the world as they can differ in ethnicity yet behave in a similar way and allows psychology to become a science (WHO, 2002).
Weiten (2011) reported behaviourism to be based on the observable behaviour as a psychological …show more content…
This behaviour looked closely at laziness and time management skills. How well the participant was able to carry out simple organisation tasks as well as handling a full on week with study, work and other life commitments. Bed-making can be operationally defined as the physical action of preparing bedding and bed sheets in an arrangement for the participants use to sleep in. Laziness was the selected for the programme as it was a psychological behaviour that the participant needed to decrease in order to organise time and tasks well not only in the short term but in the long term. That was associated with the individual’s environment and mental capabilities which can be applied by other participants. For young children and the elderly, carrying out simple tasks such as making the bed is a lot more difficult (Hughes & Ensor, 2009). Such tasks can be made harder when the individual suffers from a psychological disorder, as the processing time is much different, (Hall & Bytheway, 2002). Not only are they physically not capable to wrap sheets over a mattress, it can affect them emotionally because they need further care, a sense of achievement would not be fulfilled (Pennington, 1999).
An example of the targeted behaviour would be individulas suffering from mood disorders, as their mood changes, or increases, their motivation to follow out with everyday tasks is minimal. Behaviour modification would be included …show more content…
The participant’s goal is to increase bed-making at the start of their day. Weiten (2011), described behaviourism to be in conjuction with environmental control, learning, and conditioning. Therefore, a behavious can be modified. Targeting the behaviour of making the bed in the morning will be beneficial for the participant as it will demonstrate personal tidiness and control over ones actions at the beginning of the day. By implementing the reinforcement on the participant, this behaviour is hypothesised to strengthen into a routine and with healthy nutritious reinforcements, a healthy diet can be maintained. The participant should also become accustomed to having fruit in the morning after making their bed. The principles used to modify the attendant’s behaviour are positive reinforcement and negative punishment, these interventions will have an effect and the participant shall habituate and learn how to control their lazy behaviour as well as dealing with time management skills. A predicition made would be minimal fluctuations in data baseline as mood and context are likely to differ over the course of the project. Recording on the whiteboard and writing in the diary about how they are feeling is essential to dealing with stress and laziness for the future. Furthermore, the baseline data is expected to remain stable as the participant will adapt to the learning