Behavior Modification: Psych 2501

Snow Day Assignment Week#7 (Due Monday)

2013-02-28T11:32:46Z

Please watch the above video (20+ minutes) and answer the following question:
In the video above Mitra shows us that kids can learn in ways different from our traditional education. He finds children learn and self organize when they are given a question. My question is how can we take the information from this video (and possibly from what we are learning in class) and make changes within our existing educational system to prepare for the future?

Snow Day Att6 (Due Monday)

2013-02-22T16:02:06Z

What we would like you to do is to continue applying what we are learning in class to real world matters. Some might ask, "What good is learning psychology if we can't apply it to real world matters?" So that is what we are going to do with this week's topical blog assignment.

What we would like you to do is to either go to NPR (http://www.npr.org/ ), the BBC (http://www.bbc.co.uk/ ) there are some good news source links at the bottom of the following page (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ listed in their news sources) and read, watch, or listen to something that is interesting to you and relates to schedules of reinforcement VR, FR, VI, FI (not continuous reinforcement).

For your news I would like you to 1) briefly describe/summarize your piece, 2) tell us what behavior (target behavior) you are using that illustrates reinforcement, 3) tell us what the consequence of the behavior is, 4) tell us how, that consequence will increase the frequency of the behavior, 5) tell us if the consequence involves the addition of something desirable or if it involves the removal of something undesirable, finally 6) how that particular schedules of reinforcement is controlling the behavior.

Please then list the ABC's of the behavior

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If you can discuss how the behavior might be different if a different schedule of reinforcement were to be used.

Snow Day Assignment for Week #3 (Due Monday)

2013-01-31T14:00:29Z

Please then list the ABC's of the behavior

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Now state if this is an example of positive reinforcement, or negative reinforcement. Explain why.

Tell us if it involves extinction, establishing operations, use as many terms from the chapters we have already covered as you can.

Reading Activity Week #1 (Due Tuesday)

2012-12-25T19:57:00Z

Welcome to the bmod class. We would like you to spend a little time orienting yourself with the class blog site. Please read the course description on the 'Home Page.' Go to the 'Blog' and check out the types of assignments you will be doing over the semester. Check out the book 'ABCs' of Behavior Modification and see if the chapters download OK on the computer you are using. Look over the 'Syllabus' pages and make sure you understand what we will be doing this semester as it relates to the syllabus (Class schedule, Course Requirements, & Grading rubrics).

You should already have a temporary blog username and password for you to use, if not please email Dr. MacLin to get yours (or to have him resend yours - otto.maclin@uni.edu). You will receive an email later in the week showing you how to get a permanent username and password.

Now click on the comment link (above), sign in and leave a comment. If you are using a temporary username make sure to put your intials at the top of your entry. In particular please state in your comment that that you basically went through the website, home page, syllabus, online book. That you understand the class schedule & course requirements and that you read through all sections of the syllabus.

Based on your experience reading through the website, please let us know if you have any questions, if there is anything you don't understand or if you experienced any problems.

Thanks!

--Dr. M

Topical Blog Week #1 (Due Thursday)

2012-12-25T19:56:39Z

TB1 - By now you should have been able to log in and comment on the blog site. What we would like you to do now is to go to the following page and read some of the blog posts left from the students in the class before you.

http://www.psychologicalscience.com/bmod/2012/12/week-16-final-assignment-1.html

and

http://www.psychologicalscience.com/bmod/2012/10/att11-in-the-news---due-friday.html

After reading the posts please answer the following:
Which posts did you like the best? Why?
Has reading these posts changed your idea of what behavior modification is? Why or why not?
Based on these posts are there any specific topics you are interested in learning?

Thanks,

--Dr. M

Reading Activity Week #2 (Due Tuesday)

2012-12-25T19:56:13Z

Please go to the following blog page:

http://www.psychologicalscience.com/bmod/abcs.html

Please read sections 1.1 (ABC's of Behavior Modification) and 1.2 (Contingencies: Reinforcement & Punishment)

After reading section 1.1, please respond to the following questions.

What was one thing that you really liked that was in the section? Why? What was one thing that you disliked that was in the section? Why? What are three things you will remember from what you read in the section? Why?

After reading section 1.2, please respond to the following questions.

Prior to reading these sections, what did you think about behavior modification? Why? How has reading these sections changed what you originally thought about behavior modification? How so?

Please fill out the boxes in the readings you may be quizzed on them in class.

Once you are done with your post make list of the terms and terminology you used in your post.

Let us know if you have any questions,

--Dr. M

Topical Blog Week #2 (Due Thursday)

2012-12-25T19:55:49Z

Hi Class,

We will go over this on when we meet on Thursday. If you are unsure how to do this assignment you might wait until after we meet in class.

This assignment will ask that you find interesting video clips on the internet. The clips can be cartoons like 'family guy,' sit coms like 'big bang,' commercials, music videos, just about anything you typically enjoy watching. What we do not want is a video produced to expressly demonstrate the specific behavioral topic.

For originality sake, make sure the videos you are not using the same videos used by students before you.

So far we have discussed reinforcement (increasing the frequency of a behavior as a result of the consequence)

What we would like you to do is to find a video clip off the internet illustrating reinforcement.

For this clip we would like you to 1) briefly describe/summarize the clip. 2) tell us what behavior (target behavior) you are using that illustrates the reinforced behavior (please note what time it occurs in the video), 3) tell us what the consequence of the behavior is, 4) tell us if the consequence involves the addition of something desirable or if it involves the removal of something undesirable, and finally, 5) tell us to the antecedent is.

Please list the ABC's of the target behavior in the clip:

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Now state if this is an example of positive reinforcement, or negative reinforcement. Explain why.

We have discussed punishment (decreasing the frequency of a behavior as a result of the consequence)

Now we would like you to do is to find a video clip off the internet illustrating punishment.

For this clip we would like you to 1) briefly describe/summarize the clip. 2) tell us what behavior (target behavior) you are using that illustrates the punished behavior (please note what time it occurs in the video), 3) tell us what the consequence of the behavior is, 4) tell us if the consequence involves the addition of something undesirable or if it involves the removal of something desirable, and finally, 5) tell us to the antecedent is.

Please list the ABC's of the target behavior in the clip:

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Now state if this is an example of positive punishment, or negative punishment. Explain why.

When you are done with both clips, copy and paste the URLs at the bottom so we can go and see the videos you used. Paste the reinforcement URL first and then the punishment URL.

Once you are done with your post make list of the terms and terminology you used in your post.

Let us know if you have any questions

--Dr. M

Reading Activity Week #3 (Due Tuesday)

2012-12-25T19:55:29Z

Please go to the following blog page:

http://www.psychologicalscience.com/bmod/abcs.html

Please read sections 1.3 (Language of Behavior) and 1.4 (Some Behavioral Terms)

After reading section 1.3, please respond to the following questions.

After reading section 1.4, please respond to the following questions.

How has reading these sections changed or built on what you have learned so far about behavior modification? How so?

Please fill out the boxes in the readings you may be quizzed on them in class.

Once you are done with your post make list of the terms and terminology you used in your post.

--Dr. M

Topical Blog Week #3 (Due Thursday)

2012-12-25T19:55:06Z

Hi Class,

PART ONE - This assignment is very similar to the topical blog we did last week. We will go over this on when we meet on Thursday. If you are unsure how to do this assignment you might wait until after we meet in class.

For originality sake, make sure the videos you are not using the same videos used by students before you.

So far we have discussed extinction (not being reinforced for a previously reinforced behavior)

What we would like you to do is to find a video clip off the internet illustrating extinction.

For this clip we would like you to 1) briefly describe/summarize the clip. 2) tell us what previously reinforced behavior probably was (this might not be explicit in the video), 3) tell us what the consequence of the previously reinforced behavior probably was, 4) tell us if the consequence involved the addition of something desirable or if it involves the removal of something undesirable, 5) tell us what the antecedent is, 6) tell us what the topography of the extinguished behavior looks like (please note what time it occurs in the video), 7) discuss why you know this is extinction.

Please list the ABC's of the target behavior in the clip prior to extinction:

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Now state if this is an example of positive reinforcement, or negative reinforcement. Explain why.

What do you think will happen if the behavior gets reinforced again?

When you are done copy and paste the URL at the bottom so we can go and see the video you used.

Once you are done with your post make list of the terms and terminology you used in your post.

PART TWO - Behavior Observation. We would like you to observe a particular behavior you emit and record that behavior for a week.

1) State the behavior as a specific target behavior, 2) State how you are going to record the behavior, 3) although you are going to be the only person recording your behavior, what might some sources of inter-observer be when recording this behavior if more than one person were going to observe it, 4) knowing that you are going to begin recording this particular behavior, how might that change the frequency of the behavior?

Start recording the behavior every day until next Thursday.

Let us know if you have any questions

--Dr. M

Reading Activity Week #4 (Due Tuesday)

2012-12-25T19:54:36Z

Please go to the following blog page:

http://www.psychologicalscience.com/bmod/abcs.html

Please read sections 1.5 (More about Behaviors) and 2.1 (What is behavior Modification)

After reading section 1.5, please respond to the following questions.

After reading section 2.1, please respond to the following questions.

How has reading these sections changed or built on what you have learned so far about behavior modification? How so?

Please fill out the boxes in the readings you may be quizzed on them in class.

Once you are done with your post make list of the terms and terminology you used in your post.

--Dr. M

Topical Blog Week #4 (Due Thursday)

2012-12-25T19:53:52Z

Hi Class,

For originality sake, make sure the videos you are not using the same videos used by students before you.

So far we have discussed discriminative stimuli (environmental cues indicating whether we will be reinforced or not)

What we would like you to do is to find a video clip off the internet illustrating a discriminative stimulus and how it affects behavior.

Please list the ABC's of the target behavior in the clip prior to the introduction of the discriminative stimulus:

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B=
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Now state if this is an example of positive reinforcement, or negative reinforcement. Explain why.

When you are done copy and paste the URL at the bottom so we can go and see the video you used.

Once you are done with your post make list of the terms and terminology you used in your post.

PART TWO - Behavior Observation. We asked you to observe a particular behavior you emit and to record that behavior for a week.

1) State the behavior as a specific target behavior, 2) State how you went about recording the behavior, 3) How well did your recording method work for you?, 4) simply based on observing your behavior, did it increase or decrease?

Let us know if you have any questions

--Dr. M

Reading Activity Week #5 (Due Tuesday)

2012-12-25T19:53:30Z

Please go to the following blog page:

http://www.psychologicalscience.com/bmod/abcs.html

Please read sections 2.2 (Reinforcement) and 2.3 (Punishment)

After reading section 2.2, please respond to the following questions.

After reading section 2.3, please respond to the following questions.

How has reading these sections changed or built on what you have learned so far about behavior modification? How so?

Please fill out the boxes in the readings you may be quizzed on them in class.

Once you are done with your post make list of the terms and terminology you used in your post.

--Dr. M

Topical Blog Week #5 (Due Thursday)

2012-12-25T19:53:15Z

Please then list the ABC's of the behavior

A=
B=
C=

Now state if this is an example of positive reinforcement, or negative reinforcement. Explain why.

Tell us if it involves extinction, establishing operations, use as many terms from the chapters we have already covered as you can.

NOW what we would like you to do is to either go to a different news source, NPR (http://www.npr.org/ ), the BBC (http://www.bbc.co.uk/ ) there are some good news source links at the bottom of the following page (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ listed in their news sources) and read, watch, or listen to something that is interesting to you and relates to punishment.

For your news I would like you to 1) briefly describe/summarize your piece, 2) tell us what behavior (target behavior) you are using that illustrates punishment, 3) tell us what the consequence of the behavior is, 4) tell us how, that consequence will decrease the frequency of the behavior, 5) tell us if the consequence involves the addition of something undesirable or if it involves the removal of something desirable, finally 6) tell us to the antecedent is.

Please then list the ABC's of the behavior

A=
B=
C=

Now state if this is an example of positive punishment, or negative punishment. Explain why.

For originality sake, make sure the news pieces you are not using the same pieces of news the other students before you just used.

When you are done, copy and paste the URLs at the bottom so we can go and see the sources you used.

Once you are done with your post make list of the terms and terminology you used in your post.

Let us know if you have any questions.

--Dr. M

Reading Activity Week #6 (Due Tuesday)

2012-12-25T19:52:45Z

Please go to the following blog page:

http://www.psychologicalscience.com/bmod/abcs.html

Please read sections 2.4 (Additional Concepts) and 2.5 (Schedules of Reinforcement)

After reading section 2.4, please respond to the following questions.

After reading section 2.5, please respond to the following questions.

How has reading these sections changed or built on what you originally thought about behavior modification? How so?

Please fill out the boxes in the readings you may be quizzed on them in class.

Once you are done with your post make list of the terms and terminology you used in your post.

--Dr. M

Topical Blog Week #6 (Due Thursday)

2012-12-25T19:52:27Z

We will go over this on when we meet on Thursday. If you are unsure how to do this assignment you might wait until after we meet in class.

For originality sake, make sure the videos you are not using the same videos used by students before you.

So far we have discussed superstitious behavior and schedules of reinforcement.

What we would like you to do is to find a video clip off the internet illustrating superstitious behavior.

For this clip we would like you to 1) briefly describe/summarize the clip. 2) tell us what behavior (target behavior) you are using that illustrates the superstitious behavior (please note what time it occurs in the video), 3) tell us what the consequence of the behavior is, 4) tell us if the consequence involves the addition of something or if it involves the removal of something, 50 tell us how you think this behavior occurred, and finally, 6) tell us to the antecedent is.

Please list the ABC's of the target behavior in the clip before the superstitious behavior occurred:

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Now discuss the behavior in terms of the ABCs once the superstitions behavior began.

We have discussed schedules of reinforcement.

Now we would like you to do is to find a video clip off the internet illustrating schedules of reinforcement (other than continuous reinforcement)

For this clip we would like you to 1) briefly describe/summarize the clip. 2) tell us what behavior (target behavior) you are using that illustrates the what is being reinforced with a schedule of reinforcement (please note what time it occurs in the video), 3) tell us what the consequence of the behavior is, 4) tell us if the consequence involves the addition of something undesirable or if it involves the removal of something desirable, and finally, 5) what is the schedule of reinforcement being demonstrated, 6) tell us to the antecedent is.

Please list the ABC's of the target behavior in the clip:

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B=
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Now state if this is an example of positive reinforcement, or negative reinforcement. Explain why. What would happen of the schedule of reinforcement changes where it takes twice as long or twice as many responses to get reinforced?

When you are done with both clips, copy and paste the URLs at the bottom so we can go and see the videos you used. Paste the superstitious behavior URL first and then the schedule of reinforcement URL.

Once you are done with your post make list of the terms and terminology you used in your post.

Let us know if you have any questions

--Dr. M