Operant conditioning chamber

is depression. This paper will address depression within the context of bullying and will review types of operant learning, positive and negative reinforcement as well as avoidance theories, learned helplessness, and social observational theory to help explain why depression may be a possible consequence of being bullied. Workplace bullying behaviours involve…

Introduction Functional Behavior Assessment is a scientific approach to analyzing direct and indirect data to formulate a hypothesis of why a target behavior is occurring and most importantly how it is maintained. A process for gathering information that can be used to maximize the effectiveness and efficiency of behavior intervention plans. The student behavior is analyzes and evaluate for Functional Behavior Assessment (FBA). FBA is there to provide help to reinforce the desire and appropriate…

Question #1: Describe the factors that contribute to the development of oppositional children and analyze how these factors are impacting your job. There tends to be three main factors that put a child at risk for developing a pattern toward oppositional and defiant behavior. These factors are: children with a natural and innate difficult temperament, parents who possess a low level of skill for disciplining and nurturing a child, and parents enduring an excessively high level of stress. Any…

reinforcement. According to B.F Skinner’s theory, positive reinforcement is defined as a presented stimuli that works to increase or strengthen the probability increase that operates in a condition used when a response occurs; he is the founder of operant conditioning. In the field of Science the…

This paper seeks to understand speeding as a target health-risk related behavior that I would like to change. After observing my speeding habits for 3-5 days, I will create a plan that uses operant conditioning in hopes of understanding and creating better driving habits. I try to understand a personal experience of how speeding has effected my life and in what ways do I feel I can or cannot control it. I will go into detail on what kinds of stimuli offer better environments for speeding and…

had very similar views on what would be a better method to get the desired behavioral results, which was positive reinforcement. Casey feels that the reinforcement ideas of B.F Skinners operant conditioning would be the best way to shape behavior, while Nicole said positive reinforcement and classical conditioning. Casey did not believe that spanking a child occasionally would cause any harm, when Nicole stated that every time ran a risk for damaging parent-child bonds. In terms of where they…

change. Operant conditioning or instrumental conditioning is a form of associative learning in which the consequences of a behavior change the probability of the behavior’s occurrence. Keeping the above definitions in mind, I formed two operant conditioning techniques to establish a positive reinforcement for a child who was engaging in behaviors that was affecting others. As a psychologist, I first knew the importance of establishing a relationship with the child, the introduce the first…

Project 2: Social Reinforcement Field Observation Coaching is a difficult job to take on. From having to teach unexperienced athletes a new sport or to dealing with know-it-all parents that just want their child to play every minute. To be a great coach there has to be some careful consideration into how they are going to deal with the children they are given. This coach in particular that was observed had a very outgoing personality. He was extremely talkative with every person that walked…

also uses negative reinforcement to remove and discourage an undesired behavior from an individual. I think that this method goes well with the part of the personality that is sensitive to being rejected or discouraged. This theory also uses operant conditioning to get an individual to continue or discontinue using a desired or undesired behavior by repetitively reinforcing…

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…