Shaping our Behavior

Write an essay that answers each question in the following prompt. The prompt will encourage you to engage with the current chapter material on a personal level. Make sure you read the grading rubric for the assignment and make revisions as you see necessary. Proof read your essay! The essay should be written cohesively and flow logically. The writing and language should be clear. The essay should not have spelling and/or grammatical errors.Prompt:Learning principles are often used to shape our behavior. Sometimes they are used deliberately to change our behavior in a planned way, and other times we are not even aware that our behavior is changing.· Identify a target behavior you want to modify. Maybe this is bad habit that you want to decrease the occurrence of (e.g. biting your nails) or maybe it is a behavior you want to increase (e.g. going to the gym.)· Describe how you could implement principles of Operant Conditioning to modify your behavior and produce the desired outcome. Identify how you could use at least two of the four consequences (positive reinforcement, positive punishment, negative reinforcement, and negative punishment) and explain which you think would be most effective. These should be consequences you can implement yourself or with the help of family/friends. Avoid simply labeling naturally occurring consequences (e.g. losing weight from working out), and instead focus on consequences you can control and implement following the behavior.· Make sure you understand these consequences FIRST by reading CH 5 and reviewing the CH. 5 Learning PowerPoint. Points will be deducted for inaccurate information (see rubric for point details)· Give specific examples to illustrate what you plan to do.· DO IT!! Try to carry out at least one of the consequences you selected for at least 3 days. The longer you can do it the better. Remember, consequences are implemented after a behavior, so after doing the behavior you want to modify you should immediately implement one of the consequences you discussed.· You need to actually implement the consequence you selected during this module to attempt to modify your behavior. DO NOT just label a behavior or consequences from the past.· Reflect on your findings. Did the reinforcement or punishment work? How challenging was it to apply the consequence? If it didn’t work, why do you think it was unsuccessful?

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