Reinforcement

I will continue this practice from my math lesson to our daily activities. Not only could I use positive reinforcement, but I also believe that the concept of a token economy would be beneficial to my students. The idea of a token economy is that students are rewarded for desired behaviors with a token of some sort that allows for them to turn those tokens into…

method of learning, the outcome can either increase or decrease the response, so the organism will learn whether or not to do this again. There are four response-outcome relationships, positive reinforcement, positive punishment, negative reinforcement, and negative punishment. In positive reinforcement, the…

offered individual competing theories of behaviorism. Tolman viewed behavior as purposeful reasoning and did not agree with reinforcements as an essential for learning. Hull agreed with reinforcements and their influence on habits. Skinner’s theology was known as radical behaviorism, as it disagreed the psychic methods of cognitive psychology. His methods agreed with Hull’s reinforcement and ultimately improved the reliability of Watson’s prediction and control of behavior through arithmetic and…

People are not aware of the importance of having their own opinion and being able to support themselves. In many situations, people agree with others and jump on the bandwagon to “fit in.” Group conformity is when people allow a group to pressure them into believing or doing something they wouldn't do by theirselves. In the Asch Experiment video, you can see a man being influenced to conform and picked the wrong answer because everyone else said that choice (“The Asch Experiment,” 2012). This…

behavior, she will be given a card with a scissor on it, every card stands for 5 min of scissor time. This reinforcement is a preferred activity of Sammy. When the behavior was modeled to her, she was given one-on-one attention by the teacher and is more likely to engage in the task. Generalization The generalization plan for Sammy will stimulus…

Union brigades crossed Bull Run. In the afternoon, Confederate reinforcements arrived via railroad from Gen. Joseph Johnston's army in the Shenandoah Valley, among them a brigade of Virginians under Gen. Thomas J. Jackson. Jackson organized a defense of Henry Hill bolstered by artillery. McDowell also ordered more infantry and artillery to Henry Hill, where the fiercest fighting of the new war occurred. Additional Confederate reinforcements broke the Union right flank, and Jackson held his…

Antecedent Variable Assessment Form (AVAF): A form that is used in the initial stages of the FBA process. It is used to identify and describe the variables that set the occasion for or trigger the interfering behavior. The AVAF contains 4 variables that are related to the interfering behavior. 1) Broad Classroom Environment: Noise, visual stimulation, time of day, specific classroom. 2) Instruction: specific tasks/subjects, types of assignments, task difficulty, response to errors, pace or…

the behaviors identified in the task analysis in logical order. When the client reaches criterion level with the first behavior reinforcement is delivered. Furthermore, reinforcement is delivered when the first step and second step of criterion is completed. Additionally, once the sequence order of step one, step two, and step three of criterion is complete reinforcement is given. The sequence continues for all the subsequent steps in the accurate order (Cooper et al.,…

According to Health Psychology, “Addiction is a condition that involves a physical and psychological dependence on a substance and will suffer withdrawal symptoms when they stop using it (Sarafino & Smith 2014.)” One of the major ways that can help a person withdraw from abusing substances is motivational interviewing; however, before using this methods that person’s desire and readiness must change. That person must fully want to quit otherwise it just wasting time and money. Motivational…

One of the most significant moments of the Civil War, was the incident at Fort Sumter. The incident lasted from the early dawn of April the12th and end at noon on the 13th, thirty-three hours of non-stop attacks onto the fort. The event was the result of developments and hostile actions from the North and the South. The event also set the tone for the first two years of the Civil War, with an astounding Confederate victory. Even though the incident only lasted a few days, the United States was…