Write a 56-page examination of how conditioning changes some of your own behaviors.
While modern research in psychology is not explicitly behaviorist in its approach behaviorism is still relevant in certain areas today. For example it is often taken for granted today that objective quantitative measures will be used in psychological studies as opposed to the introspective reports that were used in many types of research in the early 1900s.
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Assessment Instructions
Think about examples of how your own behavior can change due to conditioning effectshow rewards and punishments have shaped your own behavior over the years. What role have rewards and punishments played in your life? For example how did your parents encourage you to learn multiplication tables or drive a car? Even job incentives can be framed in terms of rewards and punishments to improve employee performance.
In preparation for this assessment research behaviorism and some of the classic studies conducted by John Watson and B. F. Skinner. It is important to understand the basic principles of behaviorism and how behaviorism fits into psychology research today. Find a peer-reviewed research study that addresses the theory or treatment of phobias that was published within the last 8 years.
Directions
For this assessment complete the following:
Strive to be as concise as possible and limit the length of your completed assessment to 56 pages in addition to a title page and a references page. Support your statements and analyses with references and citations from at least three resources.
Additional Requirements
Conditioning Theories Scoring Guide