PSYC100 Introduction to Psychology
Week 5 Discussion
Learning
STEP 1: Your assignment is to choose one of your OWN behaviors that you would like to modify, using the conditioning principles you learned about in the text and from the videos. Consider bad habits you might be interested in changing, such as biting your nails, procrastinating, not exercising, etc. You can utilize principles of classical or operant conditioning, recruit others to help you, employ successive approximations, and shaping and modify schedules of reinforcement in order to improve your life.
You should spend at least 5 solid days devoted to this project in order to see solid results. Please get started right away.
STEP 2: Write a 1- to 2-page paper (300-500 words) about your project that explains your project, the type of conditioning you used, and the methods and procedures used to execute your project. You should explain the process of shaping the behavior and utilize any or all appropriate vocabulary. Finally, include a discussion of the results and an analysis of recommendations for improvement or future changes.
STEP 3: In posts of at least 75 words, respond to the posts of at least two of your classmates. In your responses be sure to offer suggestions that might be useful in helping your classmates succeed in changing the behavior they are attempting to modify.
Conditioning Project. Provided by: Lumen Learning. License: CC BY: Attribution