The Great Reward

number of cigarettes by 5 per day. Her current number of cigarettes is around 20 per day. The first week of the behavior modification, it will reduce to 15 per day for one week, then 10 a day for one week and so forth. 5. Hypothesize a list of all rewards (reinforcers) that have possibly been maintaining the targeted behavior excess or the behaviors that have been occurring in place of the targeted behavior deficits. List the antecedents corresponding to these. Hypothesize a list of all…

positive reinforcement. The behavior by Eric was to eat all of his food now to receive his favorite treat, chocolate. When Eric would not eat his food regularly and would throw away food he did not like, like veggies and other dishes, Elizabeth did not reward him with a treat. She then gave him veggies, chicken nuggets, and fries and when he began to throw the food and starting to pout she then takes away the veggies, and he then begins to eat his food after noticing the veggies are taking away.…

positive punishment, and negative punishment to name a few. Positive and negative reinforcement are neither good nor bad. For instance, positive reinforcement would be something like running a race and receiving a medal for the place you finished. A great negative reinforcement would be applying sunscreen to your skin when you go outside; the sunscreen is a negative reinforcement so you don’t get burnt. Next is positive and negative punishment; positive punishment is when you are aware of the…

Michael Scott, sometimes also known as Prison Mike or Ping, is the regional manager of the Scranton branch of Dunder Mifflin Paper Company. He is a lonely man, and is seen as using his employees as a substitute family. Due to this, Michael often acts inappropriately around them. Furthermore, because of a distinct lack of self awareness, his behavior is frequently offensive or rude. However, when outside a leadership position, Michael is quite competent. For example, he is an excellent salesman.…

Riiiiing! Riiiiing! The phone clamored. I’ve never heard it in such a way before. I check the caller ID and solemnly answered, knowing this was unusual. “Rachel?” My Aunt Angi’s trembling voice said. The next words to come out of her mouth were shattering, so much so that I fell straight to the floor with my one-year-old son in my arms. “Honey, your Mom passed away. The police are on their way.” My heart stopped and time stood still. I couldn’t stop it. “I can’t stop any of it,” I whimpered. I…

Susan Cain in her book, “Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that Won’t Stop Talking” writes, “There’s zero correlation between being the best talker and having the best ideas.” This idea is especially relevant in today’s school systems where so much pressure is put on classroom participation. In recent years the question has been posed of whether or not grading based on classroom participation, which has been the norm in many classes for years, is really the best way to engage students.…

Introduction: Motivation is what makes a person want to achieve their goals. There are many different theories of motivation but the two most common ones are Maslow’s Theory which is a hierarchy that shows that some needs are more important than others which means that somethings that people are looking forward to in a job are more important than others the main needs in Maslow’s hierarchy are physiological needs, safety and security, social needs, esteem needs, and self-actualization. Another…

Ivan Pavlov who was a Russian physiologist discovered classical conditioning around 1900. This unique type of learning triggered self-determination and got his interest in finding the conditions that surround classical conditioning. The classical conditioning consists of four elements which are the unconditioned stimulus (UCS), unconditioned response (UCR), conditioned stimulus (CS), conditioned response (CR). Pavlov discovered that even if the dog didn’t have food it would drool. Something…

divided into two general types of motivation, one is intrinsic motivation which refers to motivation to engage in an activity, because it is enjoyable and satisfying to do, the other type of motivation is extrinsic motivation which is based on external rewards to the activity itself. It refers to the performance of an activity in order to attain some separable outcome, or to achieve some instrumental ends. Noels (2001) refers to intrinsic motivation into different categories, it can be…

What is motivation? Identify and briefly explain the theories of motivation? Motivation is the force within someone that drives them. It is the reason why someone did what they did. It can affect a person’s direction, intensity, and persistence of voluntary behavior. The are four theories of motivation, which are: the expectancy theory, four-drive theory, Maslow’s need hierarchy theory, and social cognitive theory. The expectancy theory discusses the reasoning as to why people will choose on…