Reading Activity Week #2 (Due Monday)

DKO

One thing that I really liked about this section was the way it broke down the ABC's and really explained them in depth. I really liked this because it made understanding the ABC's really simple and straight forward. It also made it possible to see that they can come in different orders and how each category affects the other.

One thing that I liked the least were the examples that were used when the ABC's were broken down. I almost thought they were too simple and it made me wonder if with more complex situations using the ABC's would be more difficult.

Three things that I will remember from reading this section will definitely be what the ABC's stand for: Antecedent, Behavior, and Consequence. Secondly, I will remember that the Antecedent usually has the biggest impact on what the behavior and consequence will be because it can be said that the environment can set the behavior. Thirdly, I will remember that the Consequence can always relate back to the Antecedent. I feel that I will remember these three concepts the most because they seemed to be three things that were reiterated frequently throughout section 1.1

One thing that I really like about this section again was how it broke down each concept into diagrams and into its own part. This makes understanding the concepts a lot easier and remembering it much more likely.

The thing that I liked the least about this section was not being able to use “positive” and “negative” for valence since those words already have their own specific meaning in behavior. I think I liked this the least just because it will be something that will be difficult to avoid doing.

One thing that I will remember from this chapter is that for both reinforcement and punishment each has their noun, verb, and adjective and we need to try our best to not interchange and these and mix these up. A second concept that I will remember is the idea that reinforcing is wanting a behavior to continue to happen in the future and punishing is wanting behavior to happen less in the future. Lastly and what I thought was one of the most important points is that reinforcement can include something aversive and punishment can include something pleasurable. I feel that I will remember these concepts the most because they were some of the most important and most prevalent concepts discussed throughout this section.

Prior to reading these sections I never really thought about breaking our behavior down into the ABC’s or Antecedents, Behaviors, and Consequences. Now knowing this really puts every decision we make into a new light. However, when it comes to reinforcement and punishment nothing really surprised me that much as I had seen most of those concepts in Motivation and Emotion.

This section has changed some ideas that I had previously thought about behavior modification especially when it comes to our environments and behaviors. However, like I said before quite a bit of what was discussed I have seen before in previously classes.

Terms: ABC’s, antecedents, behaviors, consequences, valence, positive, negative, pleasurable, aversive, punishment, reinforcement

JMM

1 a&b) What was one thing that you really liked that was in the section? Why?
I think the most interesting thing that I read was how by controlling the environment we can control other people’s behaviors. It’s weird when you actually think about certain behaviors that they are largely controlled by the actions of other people. It is also interesting how most of the time we are unaware of the control unless we actually stop to think about it. Even something small like when someone lets you go in front of them in a line is them manipulating your behavior. You can choose not to, but yet you still had to answer them or acknowledge them, and they have set up a situation that you have to decide to respond to in some way. Without you even realizing, this person has manipulated your behaviors. That is so interesting to me and when you break it down into such simple terms it makes you wonder if changing other people’s behaviors is as difficult as it always seems.

2) What was one thing that you disliked (or liked least) that was in the section? Why?
I honestly felt that all of the information was simple but educational and extremely interesting. However, I would say that the discussion about social cues and how that may change our behavior was probably what I liked least simply because that is something I already know. It is no real mystery that social norms play a big role in our behaviors.

3 a,b&c) What are three things you will remember from what you read in the section? Why?
I learned that knowing the antecedent and the consequence can make a behavior fairly predictable. I also will remember that the environment has a strong impact on our behaviors. The third thing is that once we can control the antecedent and the consequence we can begin to control the behaviors. These three things are very interesting to me because I think being able to control what other people are doing is fascinating and could be extremely helpful. In my mind I just think that if being good at controlling behaviors was a more popular skill and used positively, we might be able to really change things in the world. I also think these skills would come in extremely handy at my job and I have already used different wording of questions in order to try and manipulate the kids that I work with. I am just very interested in our brains and how we react to different things and how powerful they can be if we utilize them correctly!

4 a&b) What was one thing that you really liked that was in the section? Why?
I really liked the discussion about natural reinforcement. It’s interesting to me how we can manipulate other people’s behavior by doing natural things such as smiling. Unless a person is having a really bad day, when you smile at them they are likely to return the smile. This happens even if they are a complete stranger. Another interesting one is if you’re driving and you wave at a passing car. Many times when someone waves at you your automatic response is to wave back. If you’re like me, you actually get upset if you don’t react in time for them to see that you returned the gesture. I find natural responses fascinating because we often do them without ever even thinking or considering why we react that way.

5) What was one thing that you disliked (or liked least) that was in the section? Why?
I didn’t really enjoy learning about valence. It seemed a bit redundant and I feel like so often they use different words to describe practically the same thing. It was nice to read about and be made aware of but compared to the other material it wasn’t nearly as interesting.

6 a,b&c) What are three things you will remember from what you read in the section? Why?
I will remember natural responses in punishers and reinforcers because I think that natural responses are extremely interesting. I will also remember the effectiveness of deliberate reinforcement in order to try and change someone’s behavior. For instance, praising someone when they have a positive behavior so that they might continue to do that. I also found the small part about self-reinforcement to be very interesting. In the first section I talked about how awesome it is that I can manipulate and attempt to control an environment which leads to changing behaviors. However, self-reinforcement could make that more difficult. If I am trying to get a friend to stop smoking and I try to manipulate the environment but my friend thinks that smoking makes them look cool so they change their behaviors to smoke more often in public then my manipulation may not be effective. There are more parts to controlling the environment/behaviors than it first seems.

7) Prior to reading these sections, what did you think about behavior modification? Why?
I wasn’t sure what to expect from behavior modification. I guess I thought that we would probably be talking about classical and operant conditioning and how to come up with tricky ways to make people change their behaviors.

8) How has reading these sections changed what you originally thought about behavior modification? How so?
After reading these sections it seems that really changing behaviors isn’t nearly as difficult as setting up an entire experiment and constantly reinforcing the proper behaviors until they eventually do what we want. I now know that changing the environment is probably the single most important part of manipulating someone’s behavior. We have so much more control than I ever really thought we did.

Terminology:
Behavior, manipulation, social cues, social norms, antecedent, consequence, natural responses, reinforcement, punishment, valence, self-reinforcement, behavior modification

AMC
1.I like learning about how if you knew the antecedent and consequence it was easy to predict the behavior. I also really liked all of the boxes with the examples. This made it a lot easier to see the relationship between the ABC’s. The examples also showed how easy it can be to predict behaviors when giving the antecedent and consequence.

2.The thing that I liked the least in this section was how all of the examples were really simple. I think that there could have been one or two examples of a more complex behavior.

3.I will remember the antecedent, behavior and consequence make up the ABC’s of behavior modification. I will remember these because the first letter of each word makes ABC. Using just the first letters of each word makes them easier to remember.

4.The one thing I really liked in this section was learning about reinforcement. I liked learning about how these can be used to change a behavior. I also found it interesting that reinforcements can also involve undesirable things.

5.I did not like learning the difference between reinforcement, reinforcer, and reinforcing. I didn’t like learning about this because the words are so similar and hard to keep apart in my mind.

6.Three things that I will remember are reinforcement increases the behavior, punishment decreases the behavior and reinforcement and punishment both can involve desirable and undesirable things. I will remember these because I learned about them in my intro to psych class.

7.My first thoughts about behavior modification was classical conditioning and rewards and punishments. I thought this because that is what I had been taught in previous psychology classes.

8.Reading these sections has not changed my prior thoughts about behavior modification because I already had a basic understanding due to prior classes.

9.Terms used: antecedent, behavior, behavior modification, consequence, reinforcement, reinforcer, and reinforcing.

EDM

1 a&b) What was one thing that you really liked that was in the section? Why?
The thing I enjoyed most in this section was how simply the ABC’s were put and the examples that were given for each. It helped explain in a very clear way the basic principles of behavioral modification and how it controls our daily lives whether we recognize it or not.
2) What was one thing that you disliked (or liked least) that was in the section? Why?
I enjoyed everything that was written in this section but I would have liked more light shed on the antecedent factor. All the examples given were from locations and I understand how the antecedent works in relation to the ABC components, I am just confused if it can be more than just a setting.
3 a,b&c) What are three things you will remember from what you read in the section? Why?
I will definitely remember that emitting behavior is “doing” behavior and eliciting behavior is “bringing it out.” Those were definitions I have never had clarified so now that I know for sure which is which I will make sure to remember them. I also will remember that the same behavior may have multiple functions dependent on the antecedent and consequence.
After reading section 1.2, please respond to the following questions.
4 a&b) What was one thing that you really liked that was in the section? Why?
I really enjoyed the number of activities in this section. It may have made it a longer read than 1.1 but it allowed me to understand the differences between punishment and reinforcement better when I made my own examples.
5) What was one thing that you disliked (or liked least) that was in the section? Why?
The section I liked the least was about the positive and negative valences because they seemed like very simple and obvious concepts. I understand why they are put in the section and have a better understanding of them now they just seemed too simple.
6 a,b&c) What are three things you will remember from what you read in the section? Why?
I will remember the differences between punishment and reinforcement better due to all of the examples given. I now know that positive and negative has set meanings within behavioral modification and that I will need to keep them in mind. The third thing I will remember is how the antecedent and the consequence can influence each other.
7) Prior to reading these sections, what did you think about behavior modification? Why?
Prior to taking this class I had very little interaction with behavioral modification from other psychology classes. The extent I thought of behavioral modification was Pavlov’s dogs and training rats to pull a lever for food. I understand now that I had a very small understanding of the real world applications of this subject.

8) How has reading these sections changed what you originally thought about behavior modification? How so?
Reading these sections has showed me that behavioral modification is not just about a person punishing or reinforcing the behavior of another. It can be an individual interacting with the environment and with themselves through self-reinforcement.
9) Once you are done with your post make list of the terms and terminology you used in your post.
Antecedent, ABC components, emit, elicit, functions, punishment, reinforcement, valences, self-reinforcement.

JLG
1)I liked how this section helped describe exactly what the ABC’s of behavior modification are and gave examples of each. It was extremely thorough and direct without being hard to read. Along with describing what each one was, it was nice to see the different relationships between the consequence and antecedent and being able to predict the behavior with those two things.
2)The thing I liked least was the examples being too clean cut. It was nice to see what goes on with a simple example, but it would have been nice to deal with other examples ranging in complexity because those are more real life situations.
3)Three things I will remember will be that when you know the antecedent and the consequence, it is a lot easier to predict the behavior because the possibilities are narrowed down, that the environment greatly impacts the behavior and will be a predictor of whether it will happen again or not in that same environment (like getting a sour look at a funeral for telling a joke), and that the ABC’s aren’t linear, but that they are connected with a feedback loop and that loop doesn’t go away because the relationship is always there. I’ll remember that because it’s important to know that the ABC’s affect each component and not just the one right after the other.
4)One thing I really liked in this section was how much it went over the differences between reinforcement and punishment on each page and the different areas within each concept. By the last page I had it drilled in my mind and filling in the boxes on my own was a different way to help remember it and instill it as well. If there was a box I encountered that I was a little confused on, I didn’t have to search through the whole section to find it again because it continuously repeated the definitions.
5)What I disliked was all the different names like reinforcement, reinforcer, and reinforcing. They are so similar that it is hard to keep track of what each one is and I would have to double check to make sure that I had them right. It also got a little confusing when reinforcement could have something aversive and vice versa with punishment.
6)Three things I will remember from this section are that reinforcement and punishment each have their own noun and adjective. This is important because each one has a different use and they don’t just mean the same thing. I will also remember that using the terms positive valence and negative valence are used in everyday language and different terms like pleasurable and aversive are used with behavior modification because it’s important to know the correct terminology when referring to this topic. The third thing I will remember is that when a behavior is reinforcing, that behavior will most likely happen again, and when the consequence of a behavior is punishing the likelihood of it happening again decreases because this is something I can use every day and it is always around me.
7)Prior to this, I didn’t know much about behavior modification but just by looking at the words themselves I thought it was changing or manipulating a behavior to get a desired outcome. Now I see that the outcome isn’t always a desirable one and it can go either way.
8)This changed what I thought because it gave me a lot more terminology that I never knew went with behavior modification, and it showed me it is a more complex process than what I had pictured. I also noticed that a reinforcement doesn’t always have to have something pleasurable and a punishment doesn’t always have to have something aversive.
9)The terms are reinforcement, punishment, reinforcer, punisher, valence, self-reinforcement, pleasurable, aversive, ABC’s of behavior modification, reinforcement procedure, negative punishment, positive, negative

KEM

1 a&b) What was one thing that you really liked that was in the section? Why?
I really like the explanation of what behavior modification is. It gave lot of details that helped me understand it.

2) What was one thing that you disliked (or liked least) that was in the section? Why?
I disliked some of the examples of the ABC's of behavior. Some where overly simplistic.

3 a,b&c) What are three things you will remember from what you read in the section? Why?
1- what the ABC's stood for- Antecedent, Behavior, Consequence because they where explained in detail repeatedly
2-that the consequence is related to the antecedent, and that it helps to shape the behavior. Because of the example given about telling a joke
3. that by knowing what the antecedent and consequence are you can predict what behavior will occur because of the examples that where given

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

4 a&b) What was one thing that you really liked that was in the section? Why?
I like the activities with punishment and reinforcement i felt by having to stop and do them i will be able to remember them better.

5) What was one thing that you disliked (or liked least) that was in the section? Why?
I didn't dislike anything.the definitions for reinforcement, reinforce, reinforcing,and punishment, punisher, and punishing where kind of confusing but having to stop and do activities i think helped me.

6 a,b&c) What are three things you will remember from what you read in the section? Why?
1- what reinforcement and punishment are because they both where explained very well
2- that punishment is not always bad. It can be used to control an unwanted behavior
3- what positive and negative valences are. Positive valance is something we think is good. Negative valence is something we think of as bad

7) Prior to reading these sections, what did you think about behavior modification? Why?
Prior to reading these sections i thought behavior modification was just something we controlled like when we try to stop a bad habit like smoking i didn't think of how we use it everyday

8) How has reading these sections changed what you originally thought about behavior modification? How so?
I now realize that behavior modification is happening all the time to us and by us. That by changing even little things we can control how people respond.

9) ABC's of behavior, Antecedent, Behavior, Consequence, Punishment, Reinforcement, Punisher, Punishin, Reinforce, Reinforcing, Valance, Positive, Negative

DRM
1) One thing I particularly liked about section 1.1 is that it gave a general overview of behavior modification in a way that was clear and concise. It laid the information out simply in a way that suggested it will not always be so simple, but a good way to be introduced.
2) The one thing I liked least about the section was the boxes with the examples because I felt they were too simplistic. I would have gotten more out of the examples if they were more realistic. Behavior and consequences in real life are not always that easy.
3)One thing I will remember from section 1.1 is that there is a great correlation between the antecedent and the consequence. Given the consequence, the appropriate behavior is easy to figure out. I will remember this because it makes sense in a real life context. If I knew what consequences related to every behavior I took, life would be much simpler. Another thing I will remember from this section is the change in vocab from positive or negative to pleasurable and aversive. I will remember this because I thought this vocabulary was creative and new to me in a behavior mod context. One other fact I will remember is the ABC's of Behavior Modification(antecedent, behavior, and consequence) and that they are not always a linear process.
4) One thing I liked the most about section 1.2 is how they compared and contrasted punishment and reinforcement. I thought that was a good way to make clear the differences in a way that was not to confusing.
5) I again, however, did not like the examples. I thought they were too simplistic, especially when giving examples of reinforcement vs. punishment both desirable and aversive. I also did not like how the author kept stating whether the word was a noun, verb, etc. I feel as college students we should be able to infer that knowledge.
6) One thing I will remember from this section is that reinforcing will cause behavior to increase while punishing will cause certain behavior to decrease. I will remember this because it was the main difference between the two. I will also remember valence as being psychological value placed on a person, place, or thing because that was a new vocabulary word to me. I will also remember self-reinforcement because I had never heard of this term in past psychology classes in relation to behavior modification.
7)Prior to reading these sections I thought of behavior modification as operant and classical conditioning due to prior psychology and sociology classes. I also thought of it as a more complex concept, but the introduction was very simple and laid out nicely.
8) Reading these sections changed my view on behavior modification because it gave me a lot more terminology and terms that I had never heard of before. Also, although the examples were very simple, it made me realize that behavior modification can be something as simple as banging on a locked door because its cold outside. Not everything to do with changing behavior has to be so complex.
9) The terms I used were: Behavior Modification, consequence, antecedent, positive/negative, pleasurable/aversive, ABC's of Behavior Modification, punishment, reinforcement, valence, and self-reinforcement.

1.) I liked the way it broke down the ABCs of behavior modification, because I know can remember the words antecedent, behavior, and consequence better and that the order is not always linear.

2.) What I liked least was that the section did not go into as much detail on manipulation as I would like, but look forward to that for the future readings.

3.) One thing I will remember is what the ABCs stand for since using acronyms usually help memorization. Secondly, what I will remember are the examples since they are easy to remember. Thirdly, I will remember instead of using the words positive and negative, use the words pleasurable and aversive since that is something new I learned.

4.) I liked learning more about valence and when it is undesirable and pleasurable, because it was something new I didn't know was a person's value placed on a person, place, or thing.

5.) What I liked least were the examples that were used since I would like even more examples since it helps the learning process, but did like that they are relevant to college life situations.

6.) Three things I will remember are the words reinforcement and punishment, the chart of verb, noun, and adjective, and self-reinforcement because these things interest me and what I want to learn more about.

7.) I always thought behavior modification was just simply modifying the behaviors of myself and others to what we desire since it is innate to look out for ourselves first and are selfish beings. Now I know there is so much more to it than that.

8.) The terms helped me change my idea of behavior modification and also the examples that are relevant to everyday life. With these things I know it is more complex than I thought and there are many terms that mean different things to achieve different outcomes.

9.) The terms I used were ABCs, behavior modification, reinforcement, punishment, self-reinforcement, valence, pleasurable, aversive, undesirable, verb, noun, adjective, antecedent, behavior, consequence, and linear.

SV
1. I liked how it was explaining the antecedents to behaviour to the consequences. I also liked how we got into it also got into a little bit about the environment and how that can have an impact, I can't wait to get to the section where it talks about different ways the environment can affect the behaviour on a person, and how behaviours are emitted throughout the day. I also liked out they use the words pleasurable and aversive rather than positive and negative.
2. I guess there wasn't really anything that I disliked in this chapter, I knew a lot of it, because I work with persons with disabilities, so we use a lot of reinforcement techniques when working towards the individuals goals.

3. I will for sure remember the antecedent, behaviour, and consequence discussion, as well as learning of the different types of behaviours, as they become predictable, because I have been working in this sort of an environment for almost three years.

4. I liked how this section talked about how punishment can involve something desirable in the end, because when most people think of punishment they think of the negative, not that something good can come out of it in the end, such as being sick and having an iv put in, for people who don't like needles or shots, that moment can be scary or painful, but in the end the person will start to feel better.

5) Some of the examples were not the greatest, but they were alright. Otherwise the section was not bad at all.

6. I will not forget how punishment is used as a procedure for behaviour modification. The likelihood of the behaviour occurring after the antecedent can be decreased.

7) Depending on the situation I have different thoughts, if modification is going to help make the behaviour better with a safe environment, then it is good, but I also think that if the behaviour is trying to be modified to a good one in a bad environment, the behaviour change might be more apt to fail if the environment doesn’t change a child in a gang for example might fall back into their old ways of stealing if they are around the same crowd.

8) They didn't really change my way of thinking, but better understanding of how the behavior changes and different termonologies that are used.

9) consequences, antecedent, behavior, emitted, pleasurable aversive, positive, negative, reinforcement, punishment, self-reinforcement, procedure.

EDE
1.I like the boxes when you go thru them and write in them you see on paper or print your behavior and it makes it more real and better to see yourself.
2. To me and what I know about the ABC's and how they work there wasn't anything that I didn't like.
3. What really sinks in for me is the way you look at the antecedent or activating event. what were you doing that made you act or feel the way you did. another thing is how you don't always have to start at A you can start at C if you want to and work back to A or really in any order. I feel this way, I did this and then this is what I was doing at that time.
4. I like it all this is one thing that really got me in to this major. it is so interesting how you don't see yourself at the time but others do. by doing the ABC's you can go back and look at yourself. I did this and acted this way. is that why this other person did this and act that way.
5. To be honest there isn't anything that I didn't like. it is all interesting.
6.Well the 3 things I will remember is A B C and how they can help.
7&8 I really don't know with my vacation to the VA for almost 6 months I know that behavior can be changed in yourself but its hard and if you stop or don't work at it all the time you won't get the result that you want. it made me think of some things that I had forgotten about and see that there is things that I need to continue to work on.
9. I guess I really didn't use any terms but antecedent.

MEW
Section 1.1

1 a&b) What was one thing that you really liked that was in the section? Why?
I really enjoyed how short this section was and that all of the information was easy to understand. As I read the section, I did not have any questions or material that needed to be clarified. It was very straight forward and the content was broken down as much as possible.

2) What was one thing that you disliked (or liked least) that was in the section? Why?
Although I liked how easy the information was to understand, it did not feel like this book was written for college students. The way it was broken down made it seem like it was almost too easy. I understand this is just the introduction to the behavior modification course, but I was hoping for a bit more of a challenge and be able to learn new concepts.

3 a,b&c) What are three things you will remember from what you read in the section? Why?
a. I will remember what the ABCs stand for. A= antecedent, B= behavior, C= consequence, and how these each impact one another. For every behavior a person emits, there is an antecedent and consequence, as well. The antecedent is what occurs before the behavior, and the consequence is what happens after or as a result of the behavior.
b. When it comes to using correct terms for behavior modification the words “pleasurable or aversive should be used, rather than “good,” “bad,” “positive,” and “negative.” This is because they mean something very specific in the language of behavior modification.
c. It is possible for different behaviors to have different functions. In this section it uses the example of a person’s behavior as someone raises their hand. From there, this behavior could produce different outcomes depending on the antecedent. I think this is important to consider when in a different culture where hand gestures or body language could mean something different. It could lead to others eliciting different behaviors.

Section 1.2

4 a&b) What was one thing that you really liked that was in the section? Why?
The use of charts and graphs were helpful in breaking down and envisioning the correct form of the word, in addition to the different concepts in this section. Often I find that I am a visual learner, so this was something that helped me as I read this section of the chapter.

5) What was one thing that you disliked (or liked least) that was in the section? Why?
While reading this section, I felt like most of my learning was done on my own through thinking of different examples for almost everything. In my opinion, it was unnecessary to require three examples for each of the exercises; one or two would have been sufficient.

6 a,b&c) What are three things you will remember from what you read in the section? Why?
a. I will remember that different forms of the words “reinforcing” and “punishing” exist. The verb format is reinforcement and punishment. For nouns, the correct usage is reinforce and punisher, and as an adjective, it is reinforcing and punishing.
b. There are naturally occurring reinforcers, and this includes when someone smiles at you and you smile back as a natural response. This is not something that feels like you are being manipulated to do, but in a way you feel the need to respond back with a smile.
c. Valence is something new I learned from this chapter. It is the psychological value that is placed on a person, place, or thing. This can be pleasurable, desirable, aversive, and undesirable.

7) Prior to reading these sections, what did you think about behavior modification? Why?
I have heard of the ABCs before, but I never really thought of how to apply them to my life. I thought behavior modification would focus more so on changing a behavior rather than having to actually understand it. Before I read these two sections, I thought behavior was a concept that was difficult to describe, since it is not something that we talk about often.

8) How has reading these sections changed what you originally thought about behavior modification? How so?
After reading these sections, I understand that the behavior someone displays should be examined in smaller parts before the person can attempt to modify his or her behavior. Behavior can be very simple, especially when it is broken down into the ABCs format. Thus, it does not have to be a complex phenomenon, like I originally thought.

Terms: ABCs, antecedent, behavior, consequence, emit, pleasurable, aversive, elicit, reinforcing, reinforcement, reinforce, punishing, punishment, punisher, manipulate, valence

1 a&b) What was one thing that you really liked that was in the section? Why?
I really liked that the chapter was short and to the point! It was very easy to follow and I like the boxes. Having to fill in the boxes makes it easier to understand and it is nice to get the "hands on" experience.

2) What was one thing that you disliked (or liked least) that was in the section? Why?
I have no complaints so far!

3 a,b&c) What are three things you will remember from what you read in the section? Why?
I will remember the ABC's and the terms pleasurable and aversive. I will remember the ABC's because every behavior has a consequence. The antecedent has an effect on the consequence for example the people laughing at a funeral. I will also remember the terms pleasurable and aversive because I have never used these terms in place of positive and negative.

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

4 a&b) What was one thing that you really liked that was in the section? Why?
I liked how it shows that the simplistic of actions merit consequences that I have never paid attention to. I also like that it discuss's reinforcement and I want to use this when my daughter is of age to discipline.

5) What was one thing that you disliked (or liked least) that was in the section? Why?
So far I have nothing to complain about.

6 a,b&c) What are three things you will remember from what you read in the section? Why?
I will remember what form of the words to use when it comes to reinforcement and punishment. I will remember that the more you use reinforcement the behavior will increase and that punishment will make the behavior decrease.

7) Prior to reading these sections, what did you think about behavior modification? Why?
I thought that behavior modification would be about ways to change behavior or keep behaviors that we like to continue. I thought of this from the name "behavior modification". I think that my guess so far has been fairly accurate.

8) How has reading these sections changed what you originally thought about behavior modification? How so?
I thought it would be harder to get someone to change their behavior by using reinforcement. I also thought that punishment would get me faster results but I feel that reinforcement will be better.

9) Once you are done with your post make list of the terms and terminology you used in your post.
Punishment, reinforcement,ABC, consequence, pleasurable, and aversive.

1. i really liked how it explains what behavioral modification really is and how it broke it down into much simpler terms. i also liked how it used examples to further explain what the ABCs really are.
2. There really wasn't anything that i didn't like in particular. the only thing would be to maybe have more examples that are a little more complex or just more examples in general. there also wasn't much on manipulation but i hope there will be more later on since it seems like a very interesting project.
3. The main thing that i am going to remember is the ABC's: antecedent, behavior, and consequence. one thing from that that is how the antecedent is the biggest impact on what the behavior will be and consequence. the environment can set back or change the behavior. and also, the consequence can always relate back to the antecedent.

4.one thing that i really liked from this section was the breakdown of the concepts and how it part has a section to do things yourself. i found it to be very helpful. also, i liked that things were put into simpler terms for me to understand.
5. while i liked the diagrams, i disliked how many there were. it seemed to be redundant.
6. i learned that punishment and reinforcement go together. when you reinforce a behavior, the behavior will increase, while punishing the behavior will decrease it. punishing is not necessarily a bad thing but since you are taking the behavior away, its called a punishment. i will also remember positive and negative valance. valance is the value placed on something. if we like the thing, its positive and if we dislike it, then it is negative.
7.prior to this reading, i thought behavior mod was just about how you can change how others behave towards you. I also thought of things like Pavlov and classical/operant conditioning.
8. reading this changed how i view behavior mod because it expanded everything. i never realized how subtle things, like smiling at someone and them smiling back was because of the ABC's and part of behavior mod. i just didn't think doing things like that was because my behavior was being modified.

antecedent, behavior, consequences, ABC's of behavior, reinforcement, punishment, negative and positive valance, behavior modification, manipulaiton

1. I really liked how this chapter starts very simple and basic. The reason I like this is because the study of behavior modification could easily be overwhelming, confusing and disheartening. I think having the vocabulary words informally defined, broken apart and then used in basic example, provided me with a better connection. To help me make the connection to the behavior specific meaning, I would highlight and write the simple definition next to the vocabulary word. Throughout the whole section, I would highlight words like emit with an arrow over to “do”. Hopefully this will help me be able to automatically exchange the proper words.
2. While I did say that I like how effective and basic the definitions of the specific behavioral meanings, what I liked the least was realizing how difficult it might be to change the meaning of those salient words. What I think will be the most difficult will be the different meanings of positive and negative in regards to different situations.
3. First I will remember that the antecedent, or environment, can be used to predict the consequence of the possible behavior. The simple and basic example of telling a joke, will be more successful and pleasurable if the environment (antecedent) is typically/commonly known to have a light spirit. The second thing I will remember from this section will be attempting to remember to use pleasurable and averse instead of positive and negative. The third thing I will remember is that even though the ABC’s seem so simplistic, there are so many possibilities for variables, mainly free will. I feel that even though we can set up the proper controlled antecedent (like a party) with a positive reinforcement consequence (making people laugh), we cannot predict the individual.
4. I really liked the use of the work/discussion boxes. Even though it is available online, I actually took the time to fill out the work/discussion boxes. I decided to take the time to put some effort into my examples for the work/discussion. I think by trying to create unique examples, it will help me with better long time connections to the specific behavioral meanings. Like creating examples for self-reinforcing, learning that adrenaline junkies are actually seeking thrill through punishment and aversion.
5. What I liked least in this section was the lack of description for writing examples of reinforcement and punishment. I think this might have been my over analysis, but I was not sure if I was expected to write examples for the first half and the sentence and keep the “we decided to use a punishment procedure” or come up with my own.
6. The first thing I will remember from this section will be that consequences can occur naturally (uncontrolled situations that determine our future behavior) or in a procedure (deliberately planned situations to increase or decrease behavior). The second thing I will remember from this section will be that those who constantly tell bad jokes, even though no one is laughing, most likely really believe they are funny. Because of self-reinforcing, some people are being satisfied without concern for present company and situation. The third thing I will remember from this section will be reinforcement/punishment are verbs (antecedent), reinforcer/punisher are nouns (behavior) and reinforcing/punishing are adjectives (consequences).
7. These reading have not necessarily changed my thoughts about behavior modification. From these two lessons, I would really like to explore in depth about how to prepare for natural unexpected occurrences that may change the emotions and actions, especially when dealing with young children.
8. ABC’s, antecedent, behavior, consequence, self-reinforcing, naturally occurring, procedure, increase, decrease, reinforcement, punishment, specific behavioral meaning, aversions, pleasurable, undesirable, environment, controlled, behavior modification, emit.

AZH

1 a&b) What was one thing that you really liked that was in the section? Why?
I really liked how during the section, there were two discussion questions. I liked having these two questions because it made me rethink about the content that I already read through, helping me retain the knowledge. I also liked these two questions because it was interesting to think about the ethics and the complexity of the ABC’s and behavior manipulation.

2) What was one thing that you disliked (or liked least) that was in the section? Why? The one thing I liked the least about this section was there was some grey area when it came to antecedents. I feel this way because the reading said antecedents often refer to the environment, but it never shows an example of something not environmentally related. I feel something that encourages a certain behavior can be more complex then just the environment.

3 a,b&c) What are three things you will remember from what you read in the section? Why?
a) One thing I will remember is to be careful of using the words positive and negative in contrast with pleasurable and aversive because I made the connection with my other psychology classes of the specific meaning of positive and negative reinforcement.
b) Another thing I will remember from this chapter is the importance of the environment, when it comes to the consequence of our behavior, because of the funeral and party analogy.
c) The last thing I will remember about this section is the importance of the ABC’s in all of our behaviors. I will remember this specifically because of the question asking, “if behaviors can be controlled by strictly using the ABC’s?” This question made me think just how much the ABC’s actually control behavior.
After reading section 1.2, please respond to the following questions.

4 a&b) What was one thing that you really liked that was in the section? Why?
I really liked in this chapter how it really clarifies early on the difference of reinforcement, reinforcer, and reinforcing, along with punishment, punisher, and punishing. I like this because it gave me a solid base of information that was reemphasized throughout the reading, rather then trying to figure it out and still try to understand the concept.

5) What was one thing that you disliked (or liked least) that was in the section? Why?
I did not really dislike anything, but I did get a little confused during parts of the reading. This just is because of the multiple new vocab words, and how some vocab words can contradict in non-behavior modification speech like negative reinforcer.

6 a,b&c) What are three things you will remember from what you read in the section? Why?
a) I will remember the different ways to use the words like punish and reinforce in using verbs, nouns, and adjectives because of how the text made you use these terms in examples, and the words were used multiple times throughout the chapter.
b) I will also remember how reinforcement and punishment can change a behavior because it related to my previous knowledge of operant conditioning.
c) I will also remember the term valence because of its importance, the multiple examples, and the activity involved.

7) Prior to reading these sections, what did you think about behavior modification? Why?
I felt prior to reading these sections, behavior modification was not that big of an influence of how we act. I felt like this because, I did not realize how frequent behavior modification happens that we are not aware of. I felt it was mainly just used by parents and psychologists to change bad behaviors.

8) How has reading these sections changed what you originally thought about behavior modification? How so?
It really just made me aware of how our actions are influenced by behavior modification and specifically the ABC’s. This changed because of all the real world examples in the text, that I was never aware was modifying my behavior until this reading.

9) Once you are done with your post make list of the terms and terminology you used in your post.
ABC’s, behavioral modification, antecedents, positive and negative reinforcement/punishment, and valence.

TRH

1). I enjoyed this section because it discuses how our behaviors affect us with either positive or negative consequences. I enjoyed reading about this because it is so easy to apply to real life and it really is easy to find in almost everything we do throughout our days.
2). I would say that the thing I liked least about the section would be how simple the consequences seem in the examples. I feel like this could easily be applied to so many bigger things; however I am sure we are getting to all of that overall I enjoyed the sections.
3). I guess the simples three things that I will easily remember from the section would be Antecedent, Behavior, and Consequence. Obviously this is what the entire section was over so that makes it easy to remember what each of them were. I will remember them because using all of the examples I applied them to so many common life experiences keeping them in my head.
4). This section 1.2 was filled with even more real life experiences. I enjoyed this section because it really simplifies so many things that we all make so completed. Everyone worries so much about how to get people to do what we want but really something as simple as positive or negative reinforcements can change everything someone does; including how they act or treat someone else.
5). I suppose I didn't really like coming up with all of the negative and positive reinforcements because in life you don't really stop to think about "if I do this it will cause this person to do this" and I think that telling someone "good job" for doing the dishes should just be the norm; we shouldn't think we have to do it to get them to continue doing something. This could easily be considered manipulating someone, which as I said on my paper earlier in section 1.2 I believe can be considered good and bad depending on the situation.
6). The three things I will remember from this section are positive reinforcements, negative reinforcements and positive/ negative punishments along with manipulation. I will remember them because of all the examples we went over throughout the section.
7). I thought that it would be how it sounds, modifying someone's behavior and learning how we modify someone's behavior which is basically what it seems to be so far in its simplest form.
8). It makes me realize that there really is a science to everything and if you think about it enough everything everyone does can be reasoned with some sort of behavior modification.
9). The terminology I used would be: the ABC's antecedents, behavior and consequences. Along with positive and negative reinforcements. Punishment, positive/negative valance, behavior modification and manipulation in situations.

Section 1.1
1 a&b) What was one thing that you really like that was in the section? Why?
In 1.1, I really liked the chance to practice manipulating the antecedent and consequence of a given behavior. The antecedent sets the occasion, or makes a given behavior happen, while a consequence occurs after the behavior and dictates the likelihood of the behavior reoccurring again, given the same antecedent. I enjoyed practicing this because I’m not used to thinking about this complex relationship in so much detail. It is also interesting to consider that a given behavior can be manipulated if the antecedent and consequence can be controlled.

2 a&b) What was one thing that you disliked (or liked least) that was in the section? Why?
In the last exercise, it was sometimes difficult to designate a certain behavior and consequence given only the antecedent. Any number of things might occur at the market, or in the orchard. But, I look forward to learning more about the relationship the antecedent and a given behavior.

3 a,b&c) What are three things you will remember from what you read in the section? Why?
Three things I will remember from this section come from the basic ABC component chart. I am a very visual person, so this diagram makes it really easy for me to remember the basic relationships between the ABCs of behavior. First, I will remember that antecedents and consequences both have an impact on behavior. When these can be controlled, we can begin to control the behaviors. Second, I will remember that changing the antecedent can also impact the consequence (i.e. where a joke is told dictates whether people laugh or make a sour face). If a certain behavior is undesirable, then perhaps the antecedent can be manipulated to affect the consequence, and therefore the likelihood of the same circumstances emitting, or doing, the same behavior. This relates to the feedback loop between the consequence and antecedent. I will remember that consequences are most noticeable when they are surprising or unpleasant. When we are aware of consequences, they can impact our tendency to repeat a behavior, given the same antecedent. Thirdly, I will remember basic ABC vocabulary, emit and elicit. To emit a behavior means to do a behavior (i.e. whistling, doing the dishes). To elicit a behavior is to make that behavior occur. For example, if it is desirable to see a baby smile, I can emit a smile at the baby. Because the baby sees me smile, he might smile back. It may be that my smiling at the baby elicited the baby to smile, or made him smile back. I will remember these terms because I think they could be easily confused and I would like to avoid this.

Section 1.2
4 a&b) What was one thing that you really like that was in the section? Why?
In 1.2, I liked all of the examples which are provided to check reading comprehension and practice understanding of reinforcement and punishment. I liked this about section 1.2 because it really gave me a chance to be sure I understood each part after I completed the reading.

5 a&b) What was one thing that you disliked (or like least) that was in the section? Why?
I also disliked that there were so many examples to fill in. I sometimes wished there had been an additional completed example so I could see if my examples were good ones, and really be sure I completely understood each section. Particularly with positive/negative reinforcement or punishment- is this the ‘later section’ it refers to?

6 a,b&c) What are three things you will remember from what you read in the section? Why?
I vaguely remember studying reinforcement and punishment in my intro psychology class, however I also never fully understanding these concepts. First, I will remember that reinforcers (and punishers) can occur naturally or as part of a reinforcement (or punishment) procedure. Where the consequence acts as a reinforcer, the likelihood of the behavior reoccurring in a similar situation increases. When the consequence acts as a punisher, the likelihood decreases. I will also remember the term valence, the psychological value placed on a person, place, or thing. I will also remember to describe valence using desirable or aversive, instead of positive and negative, since these words have specific meaning.

7) Prior to reading these sections, what did you think about behavior modification? Why?
From prior psychology classes, I remember quickly reviewing reinforcers and punishers. I never clearly understood these concepts because we covered them in very little detail and didn’t use many examples to explain these terms.

8) How has reading these sections changed what you originally thought about behavior modification? How so?
Between the careful instruction within the reading and the ample examples to check my understanding, I now understand the difference between the two and how they are useful in behavior modification.

9) Once you are done with your post make list of the terms and terminology you used in your post.
ABCs, Antecedent, Behavior, Consequence, emit, elicit, manipulate, positive, negative, punisher, punishment procedure, reinforcement procedure, reinforcer, valence (desirable, aversive)

KMT

1) I really liked the section of the reading where it states how important the antecedent is because every action depends on where you are or who you are around. Depending on who you are with will depend on what the consequence will be.
2) The part I liked the least was where we had to fill in the blanks only because I would rather fill them in as a class where we can bounce ideas off each other and hear others opinions.
3) I will remember about the ABC’s of modification, to watch what we emit since it will spark a aversive or pleasurable social cues, and the consequences will be either positive or negative.
4) I liked the section where it talked about punishing yourself as self-reinforcement. An example would be if I don’t work out for the day, I don’t get sweets. I think self-reinforcement was my favorite section to read.
5) The section I liked the least would be the part about reinforcement, reinforce, punishment, and punisher only because I kept getting confused when I was trying to write examples for it.
6) Three things I will remember from this section would be positive and negative valence which I understood right away. I will also remember self-reinforcement which is something I have been trying to use in my life. I know this class will help me understand more about behavior modification. The last thing I will remember would be the difference between punishing someone to decrease a behavior and reinforcing someone to increase a behavior.
7) Before I read these sections, I figured behavior modification was a very simple concept that anyone could use. I thought it was as simple as if you want someone to stop doing something you would just punish them. Nothing deeper than that.
8) After reading these sections, I realized that there is more to behavior modification than I thought. The sections taught me that it is far more deeper than simply reinforcement and punishment to make a change in someone or something. There are a variety of ways to change someone’s behavior.
9) ABC’s of modification, behavior modification, antecedent, consequences, emit, reinforcement, self-reinforcement, positive valence and negative valence.

JEM
Section 1.1
Something that I really liked in this section was all of the example boxes that were used to demonstrate the ABC’s of behavior modification. I really liked these because they clearly illustrated what are considered the antecedents, the behaviors, and the consequences of a situation. I also liked filling in the blank boxes because it helped me think about some real life applications of the ABC’s.

For this section, there was not anything that I particularly disliked. I found it to be an interesting introduction to the subject of behavior modification. It introduced new terms in an easy to understand way.

I will remember that the consequences of a behavior can be different if there is a different antecedent. This is because certain behaviors can be considered appropriate or inappropriate depending on the social situation. I will also remember the difference between using pleasurable and aversive, and positive and negative, when describing a consequence. I will remember this because positive and negative can also be used when referring to reinforcement or punishment. Finally, I will remember what the terms elicit and emit mean. I remember that elicit means to make a behavior happen because of phrases like “eliciting a response from someone”, and that emit means to do a behavior because of a phrase such as “emitting bad judgment”.

Terms: ABC’s of behavior modification, antecedents, behaviors, consequences, reinforcement, punishment, elicit, emit

Section 1.2
One thing that I really liked in this section was how it described the difference between negative punishment and negative reinforcement. I liked this part because I felt that it was good review of some terms that can easily be confused as both being aversive, even though negative reinforcement is a desirable consequence.

Something that I didn’t like in this section was how it described reinforcement and punishment as verbs. I didn’t like this part because I’m not sure that I fully understand it. I am still a little confused about the proper use of these terms as verbs. I think I understand that reinforcer and punisher as nouns mean a specific thing, but this is something that I think I will need to ask about in class.

One of the things that I will remember from this section is the meaning of valence. It is easy to think of valence as sounding similar to value. I will also remember the concept of self-reinforcement because after reading this section I realized that I hadn’t given much thought to how we can reinforce our own behavior even if it is being punished by others. Finally, I will remember that naturally occurring reinforcers and punishers happen automatically, while reinforcement and punishment procedures require an action to take place with the intent of changing a behavior.

Terms: negative punishment, negative reinforcement, reinforcer, punisher, valence, self-reinforcement, reinforcement procedure, punishment procedure

Before reading these sections, I basically thought that behavior modification was about changing behaviors through a combination of reinforcement and punishment. I thought that you would have to wait until someone emitted a behavior and then reinforce or punish it accordingly. I thought this way because “behavior modification” sounds straightforward. After reading these sections, I know it is not that simple. For example, behavior can be modified before it happens by changing the antecedent. The consequences of a behavior are not always going to be a simple matter of reinforcement or punishment either. It will be more difficult to modify behavior with punishment if someone is giving themselves strong self-reinforcement, for example.

E.M.

1 a&b) What was one thing that you really liked that was in the section? Why?
The ABC’s of behavior modification. It points out that we don’t notice the ABC’s in our daily lives, but what makes that interesting is that understanding the a, antecedents, and c, consequences, we can control behavior.
I also liked the idea, although obvious, that performing the same behavior in different circumstances produces a completely different consequences, as well as the fact that the environment also has an impact on behavior.

2) What was one thing that you disliked (or liked least) that was in the section? Why?
Nothing, the section was short and to the point.
I did however like and agree with the notes at the end of the section commenting on the manipulation of others and how it is viewed. Although many view it as undesirable it is a part of everyday life whether we realize it or not.

3 a,b&c) What are three things you will remember from what you read in the section? Why?
Depending on the antecedent the same behaviors can result in different consequences.
If you can control the antecedents and the consequences, you can control behavior as a result.
As mentioned in the section above, manipulation is not necessarily a bad thing.
Why? It gets me one step closer to understanding behavior, learning how to change certain ones of mine, and others behavior.

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

4 a&b) What was one thing that you really liked that was in the section? Why?
The term reinforce means to strengthen, and is used in psychology to refer to anything stimulus which strengthens or increases the probability of a specific response. For example, if you want your dog to sit on command, you may give him a treat every time he sits for you. The dog will eventually come to understand that sitting when told to will result in a treat. This treat is reinforcing because he likes it and will result in him sitting when instructed to do so. While positive and negative reinforcement are used to increase behaviors, punishment is focused on reducing or eliminating unwanted behaviors.
Most of us have heard this many times, and we understand the concept. Why I liked it and what made it interesting again for me was what role the ABC’s play. Basically what I understood was that consequences can be desirable or aversive and how often a behavior will take place depend on reinforcement and punishment.

5) What was one thing that you disliked (or liked least) that was in the section? Why?
Certain activities, like listing examples of reinforcement involving something that is ordinarily aversive, I found I liked the least. It took me some time to come up with original examples, as opposed to using the examples that were given and slightly changing them.

6 a,b&c) What are three things you will remember from what you read in the section? Why?
Valence refers to the psychological value placed on people, places, or things.
The valence of a consequence can be pleasurable or unpleasant.
Self-reinforcement occurs when the reinforcer is self-delivered.
These are new terms and concepts so I focused mainly on this type of information, the rest I was introduced to in other classes.

7) Prior to reading these sections, what did you think about behavior modification? Why?
I was not sure what to expect from the class, away from the title, behavior modification. It seemed interesting and the idea of controlling behavior. I had limited knowledge on behavior modification apart from what is taught in intro and cognitive classes.

8) How has reading these sections changed what you originally thought about behavior modification? How so?
I have already gained knowledge of concepts and it has altered the way I view behavior manipulation amongst others. Manipulation of others may be considered undesirable but as it pointed out in section one we manipulate others behavior on a daily basis without even realizing it. Just reading these two sections has already changed the way I think about behavior modification.

9) Once you are done with your post make list of the terms and terminology you used in your post.
ABC's, behavior modification, antecedent, consequence, behavior, reinforcement, reinforcer, punishment, valence pleasurable, aversive

1 a&b) I enjoyed the fact that the chapter was short and easy to understand. I felt that the chapter got across the idea of the ABC's of behavior modification without adding so much that it confused us.
2)I think behavior is a little more complicated than the ABCs. I feel that every human being is so different that we are not always as easy to predict as the ABC's suggest.
3 a,b&c) I will definitely remember the ABCS and what they stand for; antecedent, behavior and consequence. Secondly, I will remember how environment can impact behavior. And lastly, I will remember the difference between elicit and emit. I have learned these ideas in other classes. The are very prevalent throughout my study of psychology.
After reading section 1.2, please respond to the following questions.
4 a&b) I love the examples in this section! I felt that they were very clear and easy to understand. While easy to understand they were also very relateable to real life.
5) I always get negative punishment and negative reinforcement confused.When I hear the word negative I tend to think "bad".
6 a,b&c)I will remember that valence is the value placed on a person, thing and can be negative or positive. I will also remember that self-reinforcement can happen even if others involved do not agree. I will also remember that reinforcement is a way to reach a desirable outcome. This can come in handy in everyday situations.
7) Behavior modification is a process that can be easy or hard to do. Some behaviors are easy to change, for example to stop biting my nails. Some behvaiors are hard to change, for example drug addictions.
8) No. No matter how difficult it is to change the desired, there is a way to change the desired behavior.
9) ABCs of Behavior Modification, elicit, emit, reinforcement, negative punishment, negative reinforcement, valence

Section 1.1

1 a&b) I liked how this section broke down and simplified the ABCs and did a good job of explaining things. I also liked the brevity of the section.

2) I did not really find much to dislike about this section as it was only an introduction and I believe that we will get more in-depth with the subject as time goes on.

3 a,b&c) I will remember the ABCs (antecedent, behavior, consequence) of behavior. I will also remember that in our day-to-day lives we are often unaware of the ABCs. I will also remember that social cues influence our behavior. I will also remember that environments can punish as well.

Section 1.2

4 a&b) I really liked that this section brought back the ABCs from section 1.1 and asked me to apply new material from this section with the old section.

5) I disliked that this section seemed to move very quickly. I learn better with a lot of examples, but now I will be able to adapt better and what to expect from other sections.

6 a,b&c) What are three things you will remember from what you read in the section? Why?

6a,b&c) I will remember valence is the psychological value we place on something (whether positive or negative). I will also remember the difference between punishment and reinforcement--punishment being a consequence that will most likely decrease behavior in the future and reinforcement being a consequence that will most likely increase behavior in the future. I will also remember that self-reinforcement can also cause a person to continue behavior even if they are punished by it. I will remember these because they are very key in the study of behavior modification.

7)I thought that behavior modification was an interesting subject, but I was only really familiar with the ABCs and did not have that much knowledge on the subject and have had more experience with cognition.

8) These sections have already made me look forward to learning more about behavior modification. Throughout the first two sections, I became interested in learning more about the relationship between the ABCs and learning how to apply them to every day life.

9) ABCs of Behavior Modification (antecedent, behavior, consequence), punishment, reinforcement, environment, self-reinforcement.

ALR 1.1 & 1.2
1 a&b) What was one thing that you really liked that was in the section? Why? One thing I really liked about section 1.1 was that it was very easy to understand and laid out the foundations of Bmod very well. I also thought that the exampled used in the book were very clear and the helped me understand the ABC’s and remember them with the examples given.

2) What was one thing that you disliked (or liked least) that was in the section? Why? What I least liked about this section or what I wanted to least like, was the fact that ABC’s break it down so simply. I always thought so much more went into how we can get people to do what we expect, but hopefully after this class I will find it to be much more simple than I thought.

3 a,b&c) What are three things you will remember from what you read in the section? Why? The first thing I will remember from this section is that the ABC’s stand for Antecedent, Behavior, and Consequence, because I am a visual learner and the graphs were very helpful. The second this I will remember is that actually taking the time to do the questions in the reading really helps me understand the material. And the third thing I will remember is to connect the definitions with the examples provided so that I can remember them in the future.

After reading section 1.2, please respond to the following questions.
4 a&b) What was one thing that you really liked that was in the section? Why? I really enjoyed how clear the examples are and how well they work with the definitions. I also like the fact that the book makes it very easy to comprehend the information given. The diagrams are also very helpful and easy to understand.

5) What was one thing that you disliked (or liked least) that was in the section? Why? Although helpful, writing the three sentences got to be a bit repetitive. A matching section at the end I think would have been helpful to see if I could really distinguish one definition from the other.

6 a,b&c) What are three things you will remember from what you read in the section? Why? One thing I will remember from this chapter is the difference between reinforcement and punishment, because I have roommate who is terrible at dishes so I am going to try and use these procedures on her. The second thing I will remember is that the ABC’s can help me understand that we can better control outcomes by changing the antecedent. And lastly I will remember that what might be self-reinforcing to one person may not be to the next, because each person has their own motivators and intentions.

7) Prior to reading these sections, what did you think about behavior modification? Why? I did not think that behavior modification would be broken down so easily. I figured there would be much more to it, but I think it is going to be very interesting to learn about and I am excited for the rest of this class.

8) How has reading these sections changed what you originally thought about behavior modification? How so? I thought it would be broken down by age groups and even gender possibly, not by a system of ABC’s, but now seeing how easy it is to understand and make connections with the examples and information I am even more excited for the rest of this class.

Key words: Antecedent, Behavior, Consequence, Self-Reinforcing, Motivators, Modification, Reinforcement, Punishment.

1 a&b) What was one thing that you really liked that was in the section? Why?
I really liked how this section focused a lot on examples. I can read definitions of terms a hundred times and still be wary about what the word really means. Having multiple examples of the ABCs in chart form really helped me understand the content of the ABCs more. It was really nice how specific this section was to one topic so you don't have a million things being thrown at you at once.

2) What was one thing that you disliked (or liked least) that was in the section? Why?
I really enjoyed having the examples of the ABCs and the chart fill ins, but I wish that answers were given to the charts. I like having the practice, but I don't necessarily know if I got the charts right since I can't check my work anywhere. So I may think I understand the content but I might be completely wrong.

3 a,b&c) What are three things you will remember from what you read in the section? Why?
The first thing I will remember from what I read in this section is that the ABCs stand for antedecent, behavior, and consequence. I will remember these because they were the main focus of this section, and also because the section made it pretty clear that knowing the ABCs is very powerful in the study of Behavior Modification. I will also remember that we don't need to know about the ABCs in order for a behavior to occur, but that behaviors occur because of the ABCs. This will help me remember that they occur on a natural basis. Lastly, I will remember that the environment has a strong impact on our behaviors. I believe this is an important basis for understand why behaviors happen.

4 a&b) What was one thing that you really liked that was in the section? Why?
I really like how much the book broke down punishment and reinforcement. This is a very large topic in a lot of psychological fields, and I believe that the book really gave good examples and definitions to help students really understand a topic that is usually just shortly reviewed in other psychology classes.

5) What was one thing that you disliked (or liked least) that was in the section? Why?
I love that the book has examples to really help you learn the topics, but they began to get repetitive after a while. I wish there had been other ways you could practice and review the information of this section that was not just writing three practice sentences.

6 a,b&c) What are three things you will remember from what you read in the section? Why?
One thing that I will remember from this section is exactly what reinforcement and punishment are in terms of behaviors. This is important information to know and I believe this section did a great job explaining it in more detail. I will also remember what positive and negative valence are. Prior to reading this section I did not know what these even were, so I focused a lot on this part of the section to get a good understanding. Lastly, I will remember that reinforcement can involve something aversive and punishment can involve something desirable. I feel like this is something important to know because it gives punishment and reinforcement another side of sorts.

7) Prior to reading these sections, what did you think about behavior modification? Why?
I really did not have a clear idea of what behavior modification was before reading these sections. These sections made me realize that where behavior modification is much more in-depth then I thought it would be, it is not going to be an extremely overwhelming topic that will lose me because the book is so thorough.

8) How has reading these sections changed what you originally thought about behavior modification? How so?
Prior to reading these sections I really had no idea what behavior modification was. Reading these sections has changed what I originally thought about behavior modification because they gave me more of a background about what I will be learning in this class this semester by breaking down the beginning topics of behavior modification.

Terminology: ABCs, behavior modification, antedecent, behavior, consequence, punishment, reinforcement, positive valence, negative valence

1. Something I really liked about this section was learning more about the ABC’s of behavior modification. It’s now seems very logical how day-to-day interactions and behaviors are shaped by the antecedent and expected consequences. I liked this because it helps to understand why people do and say the things they do when they do them.
2. What I disliked about this section was coming to the realization that there is a reason for doing the things we do, not just by chance or coincidence. Although it is very obvious after reading about it, it’s frustrating to know that my everyday behaviors have an underlying notion.
3. One thing I’ll remember most about the section was the easy to remember vocabulary. I liked how every time there was a questionable word there was another word right next to it to help define. Another thing I will remember most are the examples; they really help understand the material better. For example, when telling a joke at a party compared to telling a joke at a funeral. I will also remember that before being enlightened upon this information, we are so unaware of the ABC’s in our day-to-day behavior.
4. I liked that this section incorporated the section 1.1 materials and built onto that with the use of charts and separate definitions, but also made very obvious how the two were separate and intertwined.
5. The thing I liked least about this section was the discussion of valences, just because they seem like such a simple concept, therefore began to seem redundant.
6. The main thing I will remember most about this section is the important terminology used when speaking of behavior. For example, after the sections go through examples and definitions, it then breaks off and bolds the important word and redefines it. Another thing I like it how the section gives you a chance to practice the terminology to see if you’ve got it. The last thing is self-reinforcement because it’s so important to everyday life.
7. Prior to enrolling in this class and reading these sections, I knew next to nothing about behavior modification. I thought we would learn how to alter our own behavior and/or better ourselves. I thought we’d learn mainly about operant and classical conditioning.
8. These sections changed what I originally thought, because they enlightened me upon the basic concepts in behavior modification and put things more into perspective using the ABC’s of behavior modification with excellent examples, as well as enlightening the fact that there’s more to behavior than most humans know.
9. ABC’s of behavior, valence, self-reinforcement,

BLS Brooke
1 a&b) What was one thing that you really liked that was in the section? Why?
One thing that I really liked about this section was that it really broken everything down in an easy to understand way. The section used terms that I am not familiar with but they explained in a way that I could understand the meaning of the term. As I was reading if I had a question it would be answered within the next few paragraphs not really knowing anything about Behavior Modification the section breaking the topic down into the ABCs of Behavior Modification.
2) What was one thing that you disliked (or liked least) that was in the section? Why?
I liked the most of the section and how it laid everything out but the one thing I didn’t like was the number of things that you had to fill out. They were helpful to me but I think if I saw how it was done and then did it myself that would be enough instead of me having to do it more than once. But I think it’s a good idea if someone was struggling with understanding the material.
3 a,b&c) What are three things you will remember from what you read in the section? Why?
a) I will remember the ABCs Antecedent, Behavior and Consequence. I will because the section broke everything down and had a lot of examples to make sure that I know what it was telling me before it moved onto the next section.
b) I will also remember is that peoples behaviors are often manipulated by others actions/behaviors or even by the environment. I will remember this because I was not that aware of it before and it’s something that I can be looking for now when I’m out in the world.
c) I will also remember that the antecedent/environment, can be used to predict the consequence of the some possible behavior. The section used the example of telling a joke. It talks about when telling a joke and you want to go over well then you want it to be in an antecedent is known for having a lighter way of being or spirit.
After reading section 1.2, please respond to the following questions.

4 a&b) What was one thing that you really liked that was in the section? Why?
I like that this section used some important I learned in the last section to help me understand what’s its teaching in this section. I’m a visual learner so the pictures and diagrams helped understand more. And in this section I liked how it was breaking it down into two basic behavioral principles reinforcement and punishment helped me again understand.
5) What was one thing that you disliked (or liked least) that was in the section? Why?
Again like what I said about the first section in that there are a lot of examples that we have to fill out. It shows what to do and then asked me to have three examples for like everything and I think not everything needs an three examples. I just think it’s a little repetitive and not necessary.
6 a,b&c) What are three things you will remember from what you read in the section? Why?
a) I will remember other terms like self-reinforcement because that helped me understand that an individual has a lot of say in if they are going to do something and that it’s not just up to only the influence of other people and the environment.
b) I will remember the difference between Reinforcement and Punishment. The fact that Reinforcement is to increase the frequency of a behavior and that Punishment is used to decrease frequency of a behavior.
c) I will also remember that all of my behaviors have consequences. That when I do something it changes things and causes something else to happen sometimes
7) Prior to reading these sections, what did you think about behavior modification? Why?
Before I just thought behavior modification was just something the scientist did to the test subject. I also didn’t think it was something that someone did for themselves I just thought it was someone else effecting you not your own actions effecting you.
8) How has reading these sections changed what you originally thought about behavior modification? How so?
After reading this I see that behavior modification is done my others to others but also within a person. I also see that the environment effect if someone is going to do a behavior again or not. And reinforcement and punishment also affect people’s behavior.
terms
punishment, reinforcement, Antecedent, Behavior, Consequence, ABC’s of behavior, self-reinforcement.

1. A) One thing I really liked about this section were the examples of how important the antecedent is for the consequence even when the behavior is the same, like the example of laughing at a funeral. B) I found that part to be an interesting reminder of how our social cues and environment guide what is acceptable behavior.
2. A) The thing that I liked the least was that I was hoping the reading would go more in depth with how controlling the antecedent and consequence controls the behavior. B) I felt this way because I couldn't help but think of parents who control who their children are friends with to control the consequence (what kinds of people they’re being shaped by) when the children end up becoming defiant and spend time with whoever they want instead. I guess when I thought of this example I became confused how retaliation fits into the ABC’s when the intent of the antecedent/environment backfires.
3. A) Three things I will remember from this section include how in order to control behavior you must control the antecedent. I’ll remember this because it’s imperative to know if you want to control behavior. B) Second, that antecedent includes social cues and the environment. This idea will stick with me because it opens my mind to what all could qualify as an antecedent C) Lastly, that any behavior can be examined through the ABC’s of Behavior Modification. I’ll remember this because even natural behaviors that aren't cognizant of the ABC’s are following this pattern.
4. A) One thing that I really appreciated in this section was the repetition in distinguishing between reinforcement and punishment B) because so often people mix them up.
5. The thing that I liked the least was the confusing nature of positive and negative and how these words shouldn't be applied to valences or consequences.
6. A) Three things I will remember from this section include that reinforcement and reinforcement procedures are different because the first is naturally occurring and the second takes a conscious effort. B) Second, that valence is any desirable or aversive thing. It’s a new word to me and stuck out from the rest. C) Third, I’ll remember that reinforcement can deal with aversive valences and that punishment can deal with pleasurable valances. This idea will stay in my memory because of the example of the Xbox being taken away for undesirable behavior.
7. Prior to the readings, I thought behavior modification applied to fewer situations because I thought it mainly extended to trying to extinguish an undesired behavior like drug abuse or encourage/elicit desirable behavior in settings like school and the home. I didn't quite realize that every action can be broken down by the ABC’s of Behavior Modification.
8. Reading this material has made me realize how much more widespread behavior modification is and how many more areas of life it can be useful in. Once I learn the manipulation side of behavior modification, I can use it to improve my study habits, lead a healthier lifestyle, in relationships, and everything!
9. ABC’s of Behavior Modification, antecedent, behavior, consequence, valence, punishment, reinforcement, reinforcement procedures, elicit

1 a&b) What was one thing that you really liked that was in the section? Why?
I really liked how behavior modification was introduced, it’s an introduction that is not confusing or overtly expressed in terms I don’t understand. I like how the terms introduced are also explained with examples.

2) What was one thing that you disliked (or liked least) that was in the section? Why?
I didn’t like that the definition for antecedent was not clearly identified. Other than that, I enjoyed the rest of the reading.

3 a,b&c) What are three things you will remember from what you read in the section? Why?
I will remember that the ABC’s are essential to understanding behavior modification, the environment affects the consequence of our behavior, and that manipulation is not always a bad thing.

4 a&b) What was one thing that you really liked that was in the section? Why?
I really liked that it had us come up with our own examples of reinforcement and punishment.

5) What was one thing that you disliked (or liked least) that was in the section? Why?
I thought that it was confusing when the reading discussed the noun and adjective and verb of the word, so I didn’t really like that part of the reading.

6 a,b&c) What are three things you will remember from what you read in the section? Why?
When the behavior is reinforced it is more likely to be increased, and if the behavior is punished it is more likely to be decreased, and also that punishment can involve something desirable.

7) Prior to reading these sections, what did you think about behavior modification? Why?
I thought that it was a certain technique to modify or change behavior. I thought this because behavior modification seems like it involves changes in behavior.

8) How has reading these sections changed what you originally thought about behavior modification? How so?
I didn’t think that punishment could involve something desirable because I have always seen punishment as a bad thing.

9) Once you are done with your post make list of the terms and terminology you used in your post.
Punishment, behavior modification, desirable, antecedent, consequence, manipulation, reinforcement

1. The level of understanding that is attained from the reading is my most favored aspect. Behavior modification is a subject of which I am academically unaware, at first I was hesitant to do the assignment, because I thought that the reading would be difficult. What I came to find was that I was psyching myself out. The information in the first section is quite basic, and I appreciate that, so my favorite part about this section is not what it contains, rather the knowledge about what I can expect.

Also, actually writing out the diagrams, and physically filling them in using the ABC model, gave me greater understanding of the differences and similarities between antecedent, behaviors, and consequences through a feedback loop. Knowing that A and C can be controlled in order to control B is quite powerful.

2. There wasn't much to dislike about the reading, but it would have to be the realization of how I am constantly manipulated, and manipulating in both a pleasurable and an aversive sense.

3 Three things that I will remember from the section include 1. that A and C can be controlled, 2. that if you know the relationship that A and C possess, then the behavior is apparent, 3. how to write and ABC model. I will remember these components because they are clearly stated in the reading, and I have put them in my notes.

4 The clarification of reinforcement, reinforce, and reinforcing, as well as the punishment, punisher, and punishing terms, and what they represent helped me to distinguish what they are in relation to behavioral modification.

5) Self-reinforcement was what I liked the least, I found those examples to be the most difficult to compose.

6 1. Negative reinforcement is the taking away of something that an individual would normally enjoy.
2. Reinforcement differs from a reinforce-r, and reinforcing.
3. Valence is the psychological value given to something or someone-I had not been familiarized with this term before.
They are in my notes, I have now put them in my notes twice...I hope I will remember.

7) I generally did not give behavior modification a lot of thought, but I now realize that I do it quite often.

8) The readings have allowed me to open a new world of thought throughout my daily life, and have me more intrigued that ever.

9) Antecedents, Behavior, Consequences, Manipulation, Reinforcement, Punishment, Self-reinforcement

RLS
1) One thing I really liked in this section was all of the examples that were shown of antecedents, behaviors, and consequences. I liked the examples because they were easy to understand and they helped me to learn about how antecedents and consequences affect behavior. This also helped me to learn about the fact that consequences and antecedents have a large impact on each other. For example, the ABC's diagram that showed At a funeral, telling a joke, and sour look showed how consequences can be greatly affected by antecedents. If the antecedent were different, the consequence would be different. These examples broke down the details of how pleasurable or aversive consequences can occur based on the antecedent of the behavior.
2) One thing in this section that I did not like very much was how many examples I had to complete myself. Some of it was good practice, but I felt tired of completing some of the examples and I was ready to move on to new material after completing one or two of the practice examples.
3) Three things I will remember from this chapter are: Antecedents can have a lot to do with the location of a person or the situation that a person is in, we can control behaviors of ourselves and others by controlling the antecedents or what happens before a person emits a behavior, and multiple behaviors can result in the same consequences. I will remember all of these things because they were pieces of information that I had never put much thought into before reading this chapter, and while reading this section I had to think a lot about them and I took notes about these pieces of information.
4) One thing I liked about this section is the fact that it explained the difference between reinforcement with great detail. It explained that reinforcement involves doing something in order to encourage a behavior and increase the frequency of that behavior, and punishment is used to decrease the frequency of behavior. I liked how much detail this section showed because it showed examples of how reinforcement and punishment are used and that helped me to understand reinforcement and punishment.
5) I did not like having to create multiple examples on my own that involved reinforcement and punishment. It was good to practice some of it, but I did not enjoy making very many examples of those things, because it became monotonous and did not seem like I was making any more progress with it after a little while.
6) Three things I will remember from this section are: The difference between punishment and reinforcement is the fact that reinforcement is used to increase the frequency of behavior and punishment is used to discourage a behavior and cause it to happen less. I will remember this because I have heard this before and this reading helped me understand it even more. I will also remember that "aversive" means unpleasant, because I have never heard that word and I wrote it down and made sure that I understood what it meant. Aversive behaviors can be like "punishers" and can discourage a behavior and decrease the frequency of behaviors. I will also remember that positive valence is referring to pleasant or attractive qualities and negative valence is the exact opposite. I will remember this because I had never heard of these terms, so I made sure to take a note of this and I had to spend a little more time learning these new terms.
7) Prior to reading these sections, I did not know very much about behavior modification. I basically thought that behavior modification involved conditioning and changing habits, but I now realize that it involves many aspects, including antecedents and consequences. I had never thought much about behavior modification and I did not realize how much there is to learn about it. I thought it was simple and only involved conditioning.
8) These sections changed what I think about behavior modification because now I realize that behavior modification has many aspects, as I mentioned before. Behavior modification is more than just conditioning and reinforcement. My ideas have changed because now I know that behavior modification can have a lot to do with a person's situation and environment and what happens before a behavior occurs, and not just the consequences of a behavior.
9)Antecedents, reinforcement, punishment, valence, behavior, consequence, aversive, frequency, positive valence, negative valence, behavior modification, conditioning, ABC.

JNK
1.) One thing I really found that I liked from this section was the general overview of what the ABC's of Behavior Modification are. I liked this because it was simplistic, yet informative for the reader to understand at this point in learning about Behavior Modification. The diagrams also made it easy to understand the process of the ABC's and how the antecedent sets the behavior which leads to the consequence.
2.) One thing I found that I really disliked were the amount of "the reader fills in" diagrams. I like maybe one or two, but having to fill out these can be time consuming. I appreciate having diagrams for show as examples, but having to fill out multiple diagrams is in my opinion a bit annoying.
3.) Three things I will remember from this section are that firstly, the antecedent sets the occasion for the behavior, it stages the perfect atmosphere for the behavior to occur. Secondly, the behavior can be controlled by ourselves or from other things such as other people and even the weather. Thirdly, when it comes to using the proper terms, using positive and negative is something that shouldn't be done. Instead words such as aversely or pleasurable should be used because positive and negative have different meanings in Behavior Modification.
4.)One thing I really liked in this section was the information learned about self reinforcement. I liked this because it helped me understand why some people continue to do the things they do even though its a behavior not liked. I also realized that I reinforce myself quite a lot.
5.)One thing I found I disliked in this section was again the number of diagrams. I felt that things got a bit repetitive when it came to the diagrams and having to write out sentences. Maybe switching things up would have made it better.
6.)Three things I will remember from this section are firstly, people continue to do things even if the consequence is unfavorable because they sometimes self reinforce themselves. Secondly, that reinforcement can be used to reach a desired outcome/consequence such as a positive and or negative reinforcement strategy. Thirdly, I will remember that valence is the psychological value placed on a person, place or thing.
7.)Prior to reading these sections the most I knew about Behavior Modification was only what we had talked about in class on the first day, and that wasn't very much. I also figured that most of what behavior modification was just reinforcing and conditioning, but in fact its a completely more complex thing.
8.)Reading these sections has changed what I originally thought about Behavior Modification because before I figured Behavior Modification was all about conditioning. That the entire core to BMod was conditioning a person or animal to behave a certain way, when in fact it involves so much more. I learned that the ABC's and the way things are reinforced makes a difference. I also learned that its not what is done that creates the behavior but that it can be things such as the setting that leads to behavior and consequences.
9.)Behavior Modification, valence, ABC'S, behavior, consequences, self reinforce, reinforcement, conditioning, punishment, positive, negative, averse, pleasurable.

PB

1.a&b. What was one thing that you really liked that was in the section? Why?
I really liked how easy the section was to follow along with. The examples in the section were really great. They were every day scenarios so they were easy to relate to and visualize. I really enjoyed how some of the boxes were empty so we could fill them out ourselves and see if we know what we are doing.

2.What was one thing that you disliked (or liked least) that was in the section? Why?
I liked everything in this section. I loved the simplicity of it. It introduced the material very well and made me intrigued to keep on reading.

3.a,b&c. What are three things you will remember from what you read in the section? Why?
From this section one thing I will remember is what the ABC’s are- Antecedent, Behavior, and Consequence. They were stressed heavily in this section. A second thing I will remember from this section is how environment can have a big impact on your behavior. Third, I will remember that every behavior we do has a consequence to it. I never really thought much about it, but after reading this section my eyes are open to it!

4. a&b) What was one thing that you really liked that was in the section? Why?
I really liked how we were given the power to come up with our own examples and have it relate to our lives. There were lots of examples used so we could really understand what reinforcement and punishment is.

5.What was one thing that you disliked that was in this section? Why?
One thing that I disliked in this section was the fact that there were so many diagrams we had to fill out. I like doing the diagrams, but I think there were too many.

6.a,b&c) What are three things you will remember from what you read in the section? Why?
I will remember is valence. I haven’t heard that word prior to reading this. It is the psychological value placed on a person, place, or thing. (it can be negative or positive) I will also remember that outcomes that are desirable are reinforcers, while negative outcomes are punishers. Also, I learned how important self-reinforcement is. When we talk about reinforcement, we refer to how the world and others respond to our actions and behaviors.

7.Prior to reading these sections, what did you think about behavior modification? Why?
Before I read these sections I thought behavior modification was such a simple thing. I thought it was basically just changing someones behavior. I did not think there was so much terminology and so much to it. It makes me really excited to learn all about behavior modification.

8.How has reading these sections changed what you originally thought about behavior modification? How so?
After reading these sections it really changed my perception about behavior modification. I learned that the ABC’s are important to behavior modification. There is a lot to behavior modification that I had no idea. I never really gave behavior modification much though. I experience it on a daily basis and I did not even know it.

9.Once you are done with your post make list of the terms and terminology you used in your post.
Terminology: ABC’s of behavior modification, reinforcement, punishment, averse, self-reinforcement, manipulation.

JER

1 a&b) What was one thing that you really liked that was in the section? Why?

I liked that this section gave a good outline for what the rest of the class will be covering. It broke down the ABCs several times to make sure it was understood. I liked that because it will be an important building block for the rest of the course.

2) What was one thing that you disliked (or liked least) that was in the section? Why?

I thought the examples where we are supposed to fill in some of the boxes for the ABCs were maybe too simple. I’m glad they are simple to start out with, but I’m guessing the examples won’t always be that simple.

3 a,b&c) What are three things you will remember from what you read in the section? Why?

I will remember that A stands for the antecedent and that the environment we are in before we emit a behavior is very important to what kinds of behaviors we will emit. By controlling the antecedent and the consequence, modifying behavior can be relatively easy. The third thing I remember is what the ABCs stand for. I will remember this because it is easy to remember and it will be important for the rest of the course.

4 a&b) What was one thing that you really liked that was in the section? Why?

I liked all the examples and blank boxes to fill out while reading. I liked this because it helped me understand the reading and by taking the time to fill these out, it will help me understand the concepts going forward.

5) What was one thing that you disliked (or liked least) that was in the section? Why?

There wasn’t anything that I particularly disliked in this section. It was easy to read and understand the concepts of reinforcers and punishers.

6 a,b&c) What are three things you will remember from what you read in the section? Why?

Valence was new to me. Valence is the psychological value placed on a person, place, or thing. I will remember that negative reinforcement consists of removing something with negative valence and that negative punishment means removing something with positive valence. Self-reinforcement is the self-delivery of a consequence following a particular behavior.

7) Prior to reading these sections, what did you think about behavior modification? Why?

Prior to this reading assignment, I was unaware of the types of things one could do to manipulate behavior.

8) How has reading these sections changed what you originally thought about behavior modification? How so?

I think if you know what to look for and if you know how to use the tools to change behavior, it could be relatively easy to change your own or someone else’s behavior. After the readings, I am able to better understand how to manipulate someone’s behavior or my own behavior.

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

ABCs, antecedent, emit, consequence, modifying behavior, reinforcers, punishers, valence, negative reinforcement, negative valence, negative punishment, positive valence, self-reinforcement

EJW

1. I find it interesting that they were able to break behavior modification down into categories (antecedent, behavior, consequence) and name it the ABC's which can help others remember it easier. I enjoy it very much because now it makes complete sense to me when I notice what happens before the behavior and after. The chart help a lot too as well as the little space where questions are asked and we are able to write answers. This part helps us better understand the concept as we can relate it to ourselves and our every day lives.

2. One thing I liked least about the section was having to sit down and take the time to read it but once I had finished it turned out to be quite interesting.

3. Three things I will remember in this section are the ABCs for sure (antecedent, behavior, consequence) and how they differ depending on the situation. I will also remember that feedback is also important when it comes to behavior because it is part of the ABC relationship. One other thing I will remember is to use the words pleasurable and aversive rather than using the words positive or negative.

4.One thing I liked about section 1.2 were all the diagrams about reinforcement and punishment because it helped me better understand what the section was talking about.

5. One thing I disliked about this section was how I have learned about reinforcement and punishment before so it was not new to me and therefore I did not find it as intriguing although it was a good way to refresh my memory.

6.I will remember the difference between reinforcement and punishment because I have learned about it before and was just taught again. Another thing I will remember is reinforcement means the behavior will more than likely increase where as punishment the behavior will more than likely decrease. I will also remember the difference between positive valence and negative valence because positive valence is pleasant and desirable and negative valence is the opposite which won't be too difficult to remember.

7. Prior to reading these sections I did not know much about behavior modification except that it changes in different environments which I find interesting. I did not know about everything else that could affect behavior as well and how much of a role the environment plays in it.

8. After reading these sections I realize there are other ways to change future behavior such as using reinforcement and punishment and that there is such thing as self reinforcement as well.

9. List of terms: antecedent, behavior, consequence, reinforcement, punishment, negative valence, positive valence, self reinforcement, behavior

TLB

Section 1.1

1. A & B) What was one thing you really liked about the section? Why?
I really liked how each section was broken down and explained with examples, especially the joke telling example.

2. What was one thing you disliked about the section? Why?
I wouldn't say there was something I didn't necessarily like about this section, I just felt that it was very repetitive.

3. A, B, & C) What are 3 things you will remember from what you read in this section? Why?
I will most defiantly remember the ABC's. Secondly, if you know the antecedent and the consequence the behavior should be fairly predictable. Lastly, our environment will help control our behavior, for example: if you tell a joke at a funeral be prepared for a sour response.

Section 1.2

4. A& B) What was one thing you really liked about this section? Why?
I really liked how well positive and negative reinforcement were explained, a lot of the time people can get them mixed up.

5. What was one thing you disliked about this section? why?
Much like the previous section I didn't necessarily dislike anything about this section I once again felt it was very repetive.

6. A, B, & C) What are 3 things you'll remember after reading this section? Why?
One thing I will remember is that reinforcement increases a behavior, and punishment decreases a behavior. Secondly, reinforcement and punishment can be both desirable and undesirable. Lastly, prior to reading this section I wasn't aware of what valence was.

7. Prior to reading these sections, what did you think of Behavior Modification? Why?
Prior to reading this sections I thought our behaviors were something we were always trying to work on, such as procrastinating, or a bad habit.

8. How has reading these sections changed what you originally thought about behavior modification? Why?
After reading these sections I now realize that there are many different ways to change either your behavior or someone else's behavior. For example: you could use positive reinforcement to encourage a certain type of behavior so it's more likely to happen again.

9. Terms used: ABC's, positive and negative reinforcement, positive and negative valence, desirable and undesirable.

CMH

1) There were several things I liked about the reading. One thing I really like about it was the interactive exercises. It was beneficial for me to fill out the flow charts so I could make sure I really understand the material.
2) I don’t think that there was anything I didn’t like about the reading. I liked how it was short, easy to read and understand, and how it was interactive. I also liked how the vocabulary terms were italicized, so I knew what language I should be using when talking about behavior modification.
3) (a) One thing that I will remember about the section is that the antecedent can effect the outcome of the behavior. The behaviors we emit will get different reactions depending on the situation. A joke at a party will make people laugh, but a joke will receive sour looks. (b) Another thing I will remember is that consequences can be pleasurable or aversive. If pleasurable, the behavior is more likely to occur in the future. If aversive, the behavior is less likely to occur. (c) Lastly, I will remember that knowing the antecedent and the consequence will make it easier to predict what the behavior was. If the antecedent was that you were in the orchard and the consequence was that you brought home food, it is very likely that the behavior was that you picked apples.
4) I like how this section established the difference between Reinforcement and Punishment, reinforcer and punisher, and reinforcing and punishing. The first are procedures, the next are nouns, and the last are adjectives. Knowing the difference will help me know how to use these terms.
5) Once again, there is not much that I didn’t like about the chapter. One thing that I think the chapter could stress more (because I was slightly confused about it at first) is that a consequences can be pleasurable. To me, consequence has a very negative connotation, but I know now that that is not always the case. I think the terminology can just be slightly confusing for some readers.
6) (a) One thing I will remember from the chapter is that we should always describe valence using terms like pleasurable and desirable or undesirable and aversive. We cannot use positive and negative because they have their own reserved meaning. (b) Reinforcement or punishment can be described as positive or negative. When you are removing something to change behavior (good or bad), it is negative. When you are adding something (good or bad) it is positive. (c) One more thing that I will remember is that some behaviors are self-reinforcing. A person may keep telling jokes at funerals if they find themselves amusing.
7) Before learning more about this class, I thought that behavior modification was mostly about praising or punishing behaviors. I now realize that there is a lot more to it than that.
8) After learning more, I have realized that there are so many factors that control the behaviors we emit. One thing I did not realize was the importance of the context or antecedent of the behavior. Our behavior changes rapidly depending on the environment we are in. I think that knowing this will make me more aware of the way people act in certain contexts.
9) Vocabulary terms: Antecedent, behavior, consequence, emit, aversive, pleasurable, valence, positive and negative reinforcement, self-reinforcing

NN

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

1 a&b) What was one thing that you really liked that was in the section? Why?
I really liked learning the fact that you can have multiple consequences and antecedents, but in turn have the exact same behavior. For example: telling jokes at a funeral vs. telling jokes at a party. These are 2 completely different antecedents that have the same behavior but come up with the exact opposite consequences. Kind of self-explanatory but still shows a great point and a great point to learn.

2) What was one thing that you disliked (or liked least) that was in the section? Why?
There was nothing in this section that I did not like. Everything in this section was likable and I understood what I was reading.

3 a,b&c) What are three things you will remember from what you read in the section? Why?
a.I will remember what antecedent and consequences mean simply from the definitions the section gave me. Also because these vocabulary words were used very often so it became repetitive in my mind
b.I will also remember the great images that are being used in this section. It gives me a great mental picture of what exactly we are trying to understand. This is a great way for me to learn.
c.I will remember my ABC’s because of this section; not like I do not know my ABC’s already because of kindergarten but I will remember my ABC’s of behavior modification with the great images.

After reading section 1.2, please respond to the following questions.
4 a&b) What was one thing that you really liked that was in the section? Why?
I really enjoyed reading about punishment and reinforcement. I am so used to reading and learning about punishment and reinforcement in my criminology classes that I have not heard these words in a psychology class in so long. It brings back memories from past psychology classes. I also liked learning about the idea that you can increase or decrease the behavior of someone or an animal through behavior modification.

5) What was one thing that you disliked (or liked least) that was in the section? Why?
I didn’t like how repetitive everything was but I guess to understand a new concept you must be shown things multiple times and read it many times before understanding. So I kind of disliked this idea after I understood the concept so well.

6 a,b&c) What are three things you will remember from what you read in the section? Why?
a. the significance of punishment and reinforcement in the context of b.mod: because it was so reiterated over and over again to the point where it got my attention and I now can fully understand it. Also the fact that there is such thing as positive and negative reinforcement and how useful it is in the learning of behavior modification.

b. I will remember the importance of valence: due to the ideas and examples it gave me.

c. I will remember that punishments and reinforcements are alike. They both have to have a behavior and consequences involved with them. I will remember this because it is going to have to be stuck in my head for the rest of the module. The online book does a really good job of expressing this idea through the section. I never knew that they both had to have these two components.

7) Prior to reading these sections, what did you think about behavior modification? Why?
Before reading these sections, I thought that behavior modification was a lot tougher than how the book puts it. I thought I would be learning about how to manipulate other behaviors of myself and of others. I also thought that behavior modification was for the dogs and I was above and beyond the learning of this subject, when in reality it is kind of easy to understand and the book gives us useful information that I will use later in life.

8) How has reading these sections changed what you originally thought about behavior modification? How so?
Before reading these sections, I simply thought behavior modification was going to be a lot harder than these sections make it seem. I could not wrap my mind around the idea of modifying behaviors of people to try and get them to do things. I also never thought it would be this easy to understand. I understand a lot by looking at and reviewing these easy to learn images that are found in these sections.

9) Once you are done with your post make list of the terms and terminology you used in your post.
Antecedents, consequences, behavior modification, punishment, reinforcement, valence, positive and negative reinforcement.

EGC

1 a&b) I really liked the section that discussed how the same behavior but in different environments (antecedents) can produce a wide range of consequences. It was interesting to see how an environment has a huge impact on the consequence. If you raise your hand in the class room as opposed to on the street corner your consequence will be much different. In the class room the consequence could be, being called on by the teacher whereas raising your hand on the street corner could lead to the consequence of a taxi driver stopping to give you a ride.

2) I did not necessarily like the term manipulation. The work box about manipulation made me think more in-depth about the nature of the word manipulation and for me; the word manipulation has an aversive connotation. I much rather use the terms modifying behavior or redirection. I realize that we manipulate others unconsciously all the time, but to do so knowingly seems like trickery or not the complete truth. For me, it is the word associated with the action more than the action depending on the nature of the person and their intentions. I know I manipulate my mom, by acting a certain way (behavior), so she responds (consequence) in the manner I would like (first I have to realize the antecedent, which is her initial mood).

3 a,b&c) 1.I will remember the section about manipulation, because it is definitely true to all of us in everyday life. It is something I have thought of in the past. How maybe I am living untruthfully because I am constantly manipulating people to elicit pleasurable behaviors instead of aversive behaviors. Although, I truly want pleasurable responses, so maybe it is okay. 2.I will remember the ABC's. This is a concept put into an easy-to-learn system. There are only three parts (Antecedent, Behavior, and Consequence), and the "acronym" is very easy to remember due to the fact that it is the first three letters of our alphabet. Also, each word (Antecedent, Behavior, and Consequence) are words which I am very familiar with and follow the natural patterns of human behavior. 3.I will also remember the salient impact antecedents and consequences have on a behavior. The antecedent can completely change a behavior depending on the consequence when received in that environment. The whole cycle is essential to manipulating behaviors. Without the antecedent, where does the behavior stem from and without the consequence, what would elicit the behavior again? The whole cycle is essential.

4 a&b) I really liked how this section included self-reinforcement. I am one person who has a unique response to certain situations, where most people would act opposite of me. When it is thundering and lightning outside, this produces desirable valence. I like to go outside and play in the rain, while most people would stay inside, safe and dry. I self-reinforce often, many times experiencing desirable valence instead of undesirable valence. I am reinforced instead of punished by the wonderful, refreshing feelings of rain in the excitement and danger of thunder and lightning.

5) The section I liked least was the section where we had to give three examples using the ABC model for reinforcement and punishment because it was hard for me to separate them from self-reinforcement. A wide variety of categories to choose from exists as well and it is hard for me to choose an antecedent, behavior, and outcome. There are so many different options.

6 a,b&c) What are three things you will remember from what you read in the section? Why? 1.I will remember the self-reinforcement because it applies directly to my life. I think often about how my responses to operant situations vary from others. Things that should be a punishment to me, I do not always view as a punishment. 2. I will remember that there is naturally occurring reinforcement and procedure reinforcement because many things we do throughout the day reinforce or punish a natural response such as smiling and someone else smiles. There are also those things that need reinforcement either positive or negative such as documenting your residents when they break policy. 3.Positive and Negative valence are also very easy to remember because positive valence deals with desirable things followed by a desirable consequence whereas negative valence is an aversive thing followed by an undesirable consequence.

7) Prior to the reading, I did not realize behavior could be broken down into such a “simple” model such as the ABC’s of behavior because I had never thought about it in such terms. I did understand before hand that pleasurable and aversive antecedents were followed by certain behaviors resulting in certain consequences (although I did not use this vocabulary). I knew this because I think about my actions and how they influence others in every moment. I try to live every moment to the fullest, which includes our moment to moment behavior (actions).

8) These sections have changed my view of behavior modification, because I realize how in-depth behavior modification is on a moment to moment basis. When I use to think of behavior modification, at least when associated with psychology classes and in the profession, I thought of telling the patient how to act differently instead of changing one’s environment. I applied behavior modification to my life correctly, but in the professional setting I would have had it all wrong.

9) ABC's, emit, antecedent, behavior, consequence, pleasurable, aversive, salient, positive, negative, elicit, reinforcement, punishment, valence, pleasurable valence, undesirable/aversive valence, self-reinforcement, operant situations

ASG

1 a&b) I liked learning about how the environment controls behaviors. I never realized how the environment elicits our behaviors.

2) I disliked the information on manipulation in this section. I feel strongly that manipulation is a bad thing. So I had a hard time when it was talking about how it is a good thing.

3 a,b&c)Three things I will remember from this section are antecedent, behavior, and consequence. I will remember them because of all the examples that were given as well as the way they connect and help me understand how easy a behavior can be guessed by knowing the antecedent and the consequence. The A-B-C components also helped me understand the emitting of behaviors.

4 a&b) I enjoyed the information on self-reinforcement in this section. I am one who falls into the category that they used as an example, people that are not funny. This made me laugh and understand others reactions a lot better. This helped me understand why I get joy out of things that others do not.

5) Something I liked the least in this section would be giving the examples for positive valence and negative valence because I kept wanting to relate them to positive reinforcement and negative reinforcement.

6 a,b&c) Three things I will remember from this section are punishment, reinforcement, and valence. I will remember these because they were the main three words talked about in this section. Also, because I had to give examples of each of them. This caused repetition, which helped me become familiar with the terms.

7) Prior to reading these sections,I thought behaviors could be observed and could be modified by things that have been observed in common. I also knew that my behaviors influenced others but never looked at how.

8)Reading these sections has changed what I originally thought about behavior modification by connecting the dots on breaking down behavior modification. Splitting it into the antecedent, behavior, and consequence has helped me get a deeper understanding of cause and effect of behaviors.

9)self-reinforcement, manipulation, elicit, punishment, reinforcement, positive, negative, valence, antecedent, behavior, consequence, emitting, ABC's.

MJG

Section 1.1
1.I thought the entire reading was interesting and a great start to a basic understanding of behavior modifications. The part of the reading that I liked the most and thought was the most interesting was when the reading discussed that the ABCs is not linear. The reading discusses how the ABCs is fully connected with a feedback loop. I found it interesting to think about behavior in this way but it is very true. Our environment not only can control our behavior and our consequences but our consequences can also affect our environment. This means that nothing is straightforward and independent all parts of a person’s behavior are connected in one way or another. This is a very interesting way to perceive behavior and can give us a better understanding and outlook on our behavior and the decision to make those behaviors.
2.I liked the examples to have practice with, however I felt that they were all too simple and straightforward. It was a good way to start practicing the different parts of the ABCs but I have a feeling that if the antecedent or consequence were more complex and difficult it may have been harder to complete. I think other than that the reading well good and informative.
3.The first thing that I will remember is that the ABCs is not linear but a continuous loop. This stuck out to me because it gives me a better understanding of how behavior works and what leads up to behavior. The second thing that I will remember from this reading is that the antecedent plays a major role in the behavior and the consequence. The two examples that were given in the reading show that the antecedent and the same behavior emitted in three situations can result in three completely different consequences, both pleasurable and aversive. The same for three constant consequences leads to three behaviors. The antecedent sets the occasion for the behavior and the consequence. The last thing that I will remember from this reading is the importance of the ABCs. The ABCs stand for antecedent, behavior and consequence and this is extremely important to understanding how behavior modifications works.

Section 1.2
4.The part of this reading that I liked the most was the very beginning of the reading which clarified the difference between reinforcer and reinforcement and punisher and punishment. This was a great preface to the rest of the reading because it made it easier to understand and relate to. I liked how the reading broke down the different terms and explains how they relate to one other but are still different. This was very helpful for the rest of the reading and I think it will be helpful for the rest of the class as well.
5.The part that I liked the least was the part discussing the valence. The part that I disliked the most about this was the use of positive and negative to describe the valence. I think that I disliked this the most because it was slightly confusing because positive and negative are used for other meanings later in the reading. I think it can become confusing at times using the same words for different meanings.
6.I will remember that positive and negative don’t necessarily mean good or bad in the context of behavior modifications. Rather positive means adding a stimuli, good or bad to a situation and negative means taking away a stimuli. I will also remember from this reading that reinforcement and punishment do not mean the typical meanings as good or bad. Reinforcement means to encourage a behavior to happen again whereas punishment is doing something to discourage a behavior or make it stop. The last thing that I will remember from this reading is that there is deliberate reinforcement and naturally occurring reinforcement. This means that some reinforcement is purposeful and other reinforcement can be occurring from the environment just naturally rather than being forced. This is something that I will remember because it is as important distinction and can help understand behavior modification better.
7.Prior to reading theses sections I had thought of behavior modifications as a simple topic only about altering others behavior with not much other thought. I never thought that behavior modifications could be broken down into more than changing a behavior. The ABCs was something new for me. However, the positive and negative reinforcement and punishment was nothing new to me because I have learned about those in other classes.
8.When I thought about behavior modification before I would only think of altering someone else behavior and not really any specifics besides that. Now I have learned that behavior modifications is more complex than just changing someone’s behavior and it many more pieces to it. Behavior modification is trying to decide whether you want to increase or decrease a behavior and if you need to add or take away a stimuli. While during this process you also need to consider if it is pleasurable or aversive and how that can affect the person you are changing the behavior of. Also in the past I would think of behavior modification as only being able to change others but through these readings I have learned that you can change yourself, especially through self-reinforcement. Through behavior modifications you are able to alter your own behavior to the behavior that you want.

TERMS: behavior modifications, ABCs, feedback loop, behavior, environment, consequence, antecedent, emitted, pleasurable, aversive, reinforcer, reinforcement, punisher, punishment, valence, positive, negative, stimuli, self-reinforcement

WRA

1 a&b) What was one thing that you really liked that was in the section? Why?
One of the aspects that interested me while I was reading this was something that actually connected with the discussion in class on Thursday. I think that the idea of breaking down what every person does and labeling it as a behavior is something that we don't always do, but really we should pay more attention to. I think that each behavior that people decide to do adds up to be a much deeper meaning behind everything. Our behaviors really do make up who we are as people and even the smallest behaviors can tell others so much about us as individuals. Though this was a smaller part in the actual reading, it is what made me think the most overall.
2) What was one thing that you disliked (or liked least) that was in the section? Why?
Honestly, I don't think there was really anything that I didn't like about the section. The one thing that I am still getting use to, however, would be the idea of manipulating other people’s behaviors. The way the reading makes it seem, this is something that effects every single thing that that individual does when in reality its more of just influencing their decisions to perform a certain behavior. I am excited to get to know how to do these things, but I am also a little leery about it because I know it would bother me if someone was doing that to me.
3 a,b&c) What are three things you will remember from what you read in the section? Why?
I will take away the boxes that outline the antecedent, behavior, and the consequences. That was helpful when picturing the actual behavior taking place.
I will need to remember that emit means do and aversive means unpleasant. These are just newer words that I need to remember to use.
The last thing that I will for sure remember will be feedback portion of the system. I will remember this because it actually ties into another class that I am taking this semester and it just builds on my understanding for that class as well as this one. (Management of Family Resources)
After reading section 1.2, please respond to the following questions.
4 a&b) What was one thing that you really liked that was in the section? Why?
I liked the idea of a reinforcement procedure. When there is an actual procedure or specific steps that I can take in order to influence a behavior, it seems easier to accomplish the goal of changing it. I am a very step by step checklist type of person so that makes the idea of modification a little easier for me.
5) What was one thing that you disliked (or liked least) that was in the section? Why?
I never really like talking about punishment and reinforcement for some reason. I think that I get confused while reading the situations and it gets frustrating for me. Reading this section made me over think what I thought I knew about these two words which made it sort of confusing. I guess I need to reread it and just have a cut and dry definition of each one to get it engrained in my mind.
6 a,b&c) What are three things you will remember from what you read in the section? Why?
Reinforcement procedure because I can actually see myself implementing that into my life and my business. I do a lot of recruiting and this seems like something that will come in handy.
I will remember what a naturally occurring punisher is when its terrible outside and I decide to skip class so my face doesn’t freeze off.
I will remember that poop comment for the rest of my life. I literally laughed out loud when I read it. I actually think that helped me understand the term better. Negative valence will forever have a positive connotation with poop in my mind.
7) Prior to reading these sections, what did you think about behavior modification? Why?
I was pretty excited for this class people I work with people constantly and I think it would be awesome to at least understand why people do what they do. It would be sweet if I could understand cues that people give off before making a decision because I work in sales and that is all about decisions and buying behaviors.
8) How has reading these sections changed what you originally thought about behavior modification? How so?
It hasn't changed my thoughts just yet. For the most part everything has stayed consistent with what I originally thought the class would consist of. I guess there is a little more technical business behind the scenes that I am finding out about, so that is cool. However, not too much has changed yet.
9) Once you are done with your post make list of the terms and terminology you used in your post.

Terms: emit, aversive, behavior, punishment, reinforcement, antecedent, consequence, punishment procedure, naturally occurring punisher, negative valence

AJW

1.I really liked that this section gave a broad overview of what behavior modification is and what it is all about. I thought it gave good details and covered the basis of what we will continue to learn about.
2.What I didn’t like was the examples used when the ABC’s where broken down. It seemed that they were too simple and wonder if more complex examples should be used so that we know what to do later on in the semester when it starts to get more complex.
3.The three things that I will remember will be what the ABC’s stand for: Antecedent, Behavior, and Consequence because they were heavily stressed. Secondly, I will remember in theory if you were able to control the antecedents and consequences you could manipulate behavior with ease because it seemed outrageous at first, but in reality it makes a lot of sense. Third, I remember that the environment has a strong impact on our behaviors. I will remember the last two because they were super interesting to me and made me want to figure out more and more.
4.The one thing I really liked about this section was learning more about reinforcement. I liked learning more about this because it brought me back to class when we were discussing it and it clicked for me even more. I also find it interesting that everything we pretty much do is a behavior and it can or is reinforced by something.
5.What I didn’t like was the difference about reinforcement, reinforcer, and reinforcing. I didn’t like this because the words are so similar and it’s a little bit more difficult not to get confused and mix the three up.
6.Three things that I will remember are reinforcement increases the behavior, punishment decreases the behavior and reinforcement and punishment both can involve desirable and undesirable things. I will remember these because I also learned about them in my intro to psych class.
7.Before reading these sections I thought behavior modification was literally just changing people’s behavior and how to do it and I didn’t think it was such a complex process and had all these parts to it.
8.Reading these sections changed my mind a little because I realized that it’s more of a process but it’s still having to do with people’s behavior changing to how you like it. For example how you explained how you got your dog to learn his name in a day even though he always just came with his mom.
9.Terms used: antecedent, behavior, behavior modification, reinforcement, reinforcer, and reinforcing.

NMD
1 a&b) What was one thing that you really liked that was in the section? Why?
a) One thing I really liked about this section is that the antecedent may lead to different consequences when similar behaviors occur.
b) I find it interesting when we control the antecedent and consequence that is basically all it takes to control a behavior.
2) What was one thing that you disliked (or liked least) that was in the section? Why?
There wasn’t anything I disliked about this section. The reading was interesting and the “workbook” made it very beneficial to understand the material better.

3 a,b&c) What are three things you will remember from what you read in the section? Why?
a) I will remember the ABC’s of behavior modification: A=antecedent, B=Behavior, and C=Consequence
b) I will remember that the same behavior being emitted may lead to different consequences depending on the antecedent.
c) I will remember when the antecedent and consequence are controlled we can control behavior.
After reading section 1.2, please respond to the following questions.
4 a&b) What was one thing that you really liked that was in the section? Why?
a) I really liked the idea of reinforcement and punishment.
b) I really liked the idea of reinforcement and punishment because I nanny over the summer and I would practice these tactics in order to increase and decrease the children’s behavior.
5) What was one thing that you disliked (or liked least) that was in the section? Why?
One thing I did not like about this section is it was the lack of examples. I would like to see more examples to apply these practices to real-life scenarios.
6 a,b&c) What are three things you will remember from what you read in the section? Why?
a) I will remember that punishment is used to decrease the frequency of a behavior.
b) I will remember that reinforcement is used to increase the frequency of a behavior.
c) I will remember positive and negative valence is desirable or unpleasant (aversive).
7) Prior to reading these sections, what did you think about behavior modification? Why?
Prior to reading these sections I thought and still think behavior modification is beneficial. I have practiced behavior modification a lot while babysitting throughout the years. I also am also pretty active in self-reinforcement.
8) How has reading these sections changed what you originally thought about behavior modification? How so? Reading these sections didn’t change my original thought. It just expanded my knowledge and went more into depth from prior to the reading.
9) Once you are done with your post make list of the terms and terminology you used in your post. Terminology: punishment, reinforcement, positive, negative, valence, self-reinforcement, behavior modification, aversive

APLK

1 a&b) What was one thing that you really liked that was in the section? Why?
One thing that I really like that was in the section was the fact that there were tables and examples within the reading. I’m a visual learner so it helped me out a lot to be able to see how the information was displayed so it was easier for me to understand. I also liked that throughout the reading there were several different empty spaces for you to fill in on your own. I learn better if I write things down, but a lot of the time I don’t take the time to stop and write things down as I’m reading or try to teach myself the material later so I don’t learn the material as well. So the fact that this assignment already has practice questions built in, I am more likely to better understand what I’m learning. I also really liked

2) What was one thing that you disliked (or liked least) that was in the section? Why?
There was not much that I disliked in this section because everything was laid out clearly and was formatted in a way that easily displayed the information so it was not difficult to take in. However, if I were to pick one thing I disliked about the section might be how much more aware of my behaviors I became after reading through the material and it paranoid me to a point.

3 a,b&c) What are three things you will remember from what you read in the section? Why?
1) How important the antecedent is because it made me realize how controlling the antecedent can directly affect the behavior and the conclusion of situations.
2) That all three, antecedent, behavior and conclusion, correlate to another and how you can figure out all three factors of a situation with only knowledge of the factors to predict the third (example: knowing the B when you know the A and C) because once you know the antecedent and the consequence, the types of behaviors become much more predictable. It was the most interesting point that stuck out to me and got me thinking about different things as I read.
3) The fact that manipulations aren't necessarily a bad thing because there are situations where manipulating one factor to create a positive outcome is a good thing. It was nice to read about a positive way to see the word manipulations because often times we associate manipulation with a bad light.

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

4 a&b) What was one thing that you really liked that was in the section? Why?
I liked how easily the information written was to understand. The context of this reading was written at a level that made each definition easy to understand and also covered all information the reader needed. Some times explanations of concepts are written too in depth that readers have different interpretations and this can result in wrong information being stored, whereas simpler explanations are hard to misinterpret.

5) What was one thing that you disliked (or liked least) that was in the section? Why?
There was not much that I didn't like, but if I had to choose one aspect of this article that I disliked, it would have to be the monotony the article displayed at points. I didn't like this because sometimes when I read repetitive information within one article I begin to lose interest in what I’m reading.

6 a,b&c) What are three things you will remember from what you read in the section? Why?
1) I will remember the difference between reinforcement and punishment they were two words who had definitions so similar to each other that I was not aware of the correct differences until reading how to specifically use them correctly.
2) That the ABC’s of reinforcement and punishment both include the order of verb, noun, and adjective because it stuck out that it had a different make up to the original ABC so it will be easier to remember the concepts of reinforcement and punishment.
3) The definitions of positive and negative valence because they are both words with definitions that cover a large portion of material that we are learning so it’s good to know examples of these two terms so it’s easier to learn course material in the future.

7) Prior to reading these sections, what did you think about behavior modification? Why?
Before reading these sections, I didn’t have much about behavior modification. I didn’t know much about behavior modification because it was not something I have had the opportunity to specifically learn about nor is it a term that has really been brought to my attention. However, it was easy to imply that it was going to be a course based on how different things can change a certain behavior.

8) How has reading these sections changed what you originally thought about behavior modification? How so?
Reading these sections haven’t necessarily change what I originally thought about behavior modification; however, they have definitely given me more insight on what exactly behavior modification is. It also gave me a good look into what we will be covering throughout the course and how people interpret different things.

9) Terms:
Antecedent, behavior, consequence, manipulate, reinforcement, punishment, negative valence, and positive valence.

RBB

After reading section 1.1, please respond to the following questions.
1 a&b) What was one thing that you really liked that was in the section? Why? One thing I liked from this section was that it covers the ABC's because that is the building blocks for behavior modification and we will be using it throughout the semester.
2) What was one thing that you disliked (or liked least) that was in the section? Why? One thing I disliked about this section was that the ABC's will make me very aware of all my behaviors and consequences in my environment and that that constant process might get annoying in my head eventually.
3 a,b&c) What are three things you will remember from what you read in the section? Why? Three things I will remember from reading this section:
1. If we know the antecedent and the consequence, then the behavior is much easier to predict.
2. Manipulating someone's behavior is not always a bad thing.
3. The antecedent almost always refers to the environment and has a big impact on behavior.
I will remember these three things because they are what stuck out to me most and also the points that I didn't have to look back in the reading to remember.
After reading section 1.2, please respond to the following questions.
4 a&b) What was one thing that you really liked that was in the section? Why? One thing I really liked was the positive and negative reinforcement because it is relatable. I used these procedures on my dog when she was a puppy so I could get the desired behaviors.
5) What was one thing that you disliked (or liked least) that was in the section? Why? One thing I disliked about this section was when it talked about valence. This is only because it is a new term for me and I didn't quite understand it at first.
6 a,b&c) What are three things you will remember from what you read in the section? Why? Three things I will remember from reading this section:
1. Reinforcement can be aversive.
2. Punishment can have something desirable.
3. Depending on if the consequence of a behavior is reinforcing or punishing, the behavior will be more or less likely to occur in the future.
I will remember these three things because they are all things I remember using when training my puppy when she was young to get the desired behaviors from her.
7) Prior to reading these sections, what did you think about behavior modification? Why? Prior to reading these sections, I thought behavior modification was all about using positive and negative reinforcement to control a person's behavior because that's all I was familiar with when training my young puppy.
8) How has reading these sections changed what you originally thought about behavior modification? How so? Reading these sections has changed my original thoughts towards behavior modification because I thought it was just using positive and negative reinforcement to control a person's behavior. After reading the sections I've learned that behavior modification is much more than that. It breaks down any situation into the antecedent, behavior, and consequence and then can be manipulated with reinforcement or punishment.
9) Once you are done with your post make list of the terms and terminology you used in your post.
Terminology used - Antecedent, Behavior, Consequence, punishment, reinforcement, valence, aversive, desirable.

ARW
1 a&b) What was one thing that you really liked that was in the section? Why?
What I really liked about this section was that it was easy to read and follow. I enjoyed the built in questions and diagrams. These helped me make sure that I understand what I read. Typically, I would not answer the questions or read the diagrams, but since they are in the middle of the pages, I felt like I had to stop and read them before continuing on to the next section.

2) What was one thing that you disliked (or liked least) that was in the section? Why?
One of the things that I disliked was how simple I felt the examples of the ABC's of behavior modification were. I understand that since it is the first two sections of the book that you started off small to help us understand, but hopefully when we get farther into the book the examples will get more complex and detailed.

3 a,b&c) What are three things you will remember from what you read in the section? Why?
a. One of the things I will remember most from section 1.1 is how the antecedent is connected to the behavior and consequences. I knew where I was effected how I acted, but never actually thought about it.
b. Another thing I will remember is how the antecedent, behavior, and consequences are all connected, but are not linear. Also, how the relationship is always there no matter if they changes.
c. A third thing I learned is how we are more likely to remember an aversive consequences because it does not reinforce the behavior. These negative feelings could lead to manipulate others behaviors.

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

4 a&b) What was one thing that you really liked that was in the section? Why?
I liked how the text was laid out neat and was very easy to understand. I also like how simple the vocabulary was described. Many times in textbooks I feel as if the authors ramble on and on so I have to reread the definition to make sure I actually know what the definition is.
5) What was one thing that you disliked (or liked least) that was in the section? Why?
My least favorite part of this section was learning the difference between reinforcement, reinforcer, reinforcing and punishment, punisher and punishing. I felt this was confusing because before I started this class I believed punishment and negative reinforcement were the same things.
6 a,b&c) What are three things you will remember from what you read in the section? Why?
a. I will remember the term valence, both negative and positive. The reason I believe this will stick in my head is when I read the definition, I thought about using negative valence to describe qualities I don't like about people.
b. Another thing I will remember is self reinforcement. This I believe is the most important type of reinforer. We are the hardest on ourselves, so we can change our behavior drastically if we do not like our behavior.
c. Depending on the consequences, the future can change. If it is reinforcing, the behavior will continue, but if it is punishing, the behavior will decrease.

7) Prior to reading these sections, what did you think about behavior modification? Why?
I wasn't really sure to think about behavior modification. I knew when I worked at four oaks that we were trying to modify the children's behaviors, but I was not completely sure how we did it besides praising them for the good things they did and scolding them for the bad behavior.

8) How has reading these sections changed what you originally thought about behavior modification? How so?
It has made me realize how often our behavior is effected by the outside world. I have never thought about how everything we do is effecting the world around us.
9) Once you are done with your post make list of the terms and terminology you used in your post.
Antecedent, behavior, consequence, reinforce, aversive, manipulate, reinforcement, reinforcer, reinforcing, punishment, punisher, punishing, valence, self reinforcing

REW
1 a&b) What was one thing that you really liked that was in the section? Why?
I enjoyed how behavior modification was broken down so that as a student I can see the process mapped out. The information is presented using examples that are applicable in our everyday interactions with others.
2) What was one thing that you disliked (or liked least) that was in the section? Why?
It is not so much that I disliked something in this section, as much as, not quite believing the simplicity in which behavior modification can occur. I know there are situations in which using the information from this section are extremely simple and effective, it’s just that I hadn’t thought of it as being so.
3 a,b&c) What are three things you will remember from what you read in the section? Why?
My ABCs. The Antecedent comes first, then the Behavior, and then the Consequence. When thinking about this, it is very true. Depending on the environment or “setting” can have an effect on the Behavior we emit and the Consequence, depending on the first two facets and what are considered society acceptable, is the result. This then serves as a feedback loop for that individual in defining as to whether this behavior received the pleasurable or aversive consequence.
After reading section 1.2, please respond to the following questions.
4 a&b) What was one thing that you really liked that was in the section? Why?
I enjoyed the areas that allowed me to practice what I was reading. At the end of the section, we are given the opportunity to practice using what we learned in Section 1.1 while applying the new information from Section 1.2. Practice makes perfect, and by using these areas to combine what we have learned in the previous sections, we are not allowing ourselves to forget the previous information and instead are building upon what we now know.
5) What was one thing that you disliked (or liked least) that was in the section? Why?
I became a little confused when reading about reinforcement, reinforce, reinforcing as well as the punishment, punisher, and punishing terms. While reading as separate they made sense to me, but I had more difficulty in the application sections when asked to demonstrate what was read and how to use them. I believe I have them figured out. Possibly… maybe… (I’m going to be re-reading this section and trying the worksheet portions again.)
6 a,b&c) What are three things you will remember from what you read in the section? Why?
That there IS a difference in how reinforcement (procedure->increases frequency), reinforcer (something tangible), and reinforcing (consequence) are used. This also applies to punishment (procedure->decreases frequency), punisher (something tangible), and punishing (consequence). There are positive and negative reinforcements. (The waterboarding example was actually very helpful.)
7) Prior to reading these sections, what did you think about behavior modification? Why?
I thought there would be treats?!? All jokes aside, I knew behavior modification used positive and negative reinforcements. I was, however, unaware as to the simplicity, yet complexity of behavior modification.
8) How has reading these sections changed what you originally thought about behavior modification? How so?
The two sections provided information on how much behavior is emitted and elicited on a unconscious or subconscious basis each day. I hadn’t thought of it that way until now. This has provided a new perspective and a better understanding of what is going on “behind the scenes”.
The sections provided real world examples of the information we are learning, this has “opened my eyes” to viewing these things from a different or new perspective.
9) Once you are done with your post make list of the terms and terminology you used in your post.
Terms: Antecedent, Behavior, Consequence, Reinforcement, Reinforcer, and Reinforcing, Punishment, Punisher, and Punishing

SBC
1 I really liked the section broke down the ABC's defining each and then defined terms that we would using such as emit, salient, aversive, pleasurable, and elicit. This helps me become more aware of how to properly sue the terms in class.

2) What I like the least of this section were the final two exercises. I knew what I should do, but I am unsure if my responses are correct. Hopefully we go over appropriate responses in class on Thursday.

3 The three things that I will remember from this section are the definitions of salient which means strong or easily noticed. I will remember the meaning of ABC's and what each of those stand for; antecedent, before the behavior such as the environment, behavior the actions that are produced and consequences are the actions that are caused by the behavior. I will also remember that the consequence can be pleasurable or aversive.

4 I liked learning about self-reinforcing. The paragraph about how some people aren't good at telling jokes and no one laughs but they keep telling the same lame or awkward jokes because they think the jokes are funny. This helps explain some of my acquaintances.

5)I least liked learning that there is negative and positive reinforcement. I disliked this because I feel like its something that I will struggle with this semester.

6 a I remember that reinforcement and punishment are verbs, reinforcer and punisher are nouns, and reinforcing and punishing are adjectives. I will remember these beacause of the visual aid that was provided in the reading.
b I will remember that positive and negative valence are because I had to reread the paragraph since it wasn't making sense the first time I read it.
c I will also remember the definitions of reinforcer and punisher. Although I already knew the definitions this helped freshen things up and clear the cobwebs from my mind.

7) I thought that behavior modification was just how to get someone to do what you wanted them to do. I believed this mostly because of the way Hollywood portrayed what behavior modification is basing it mostly off of Pavlov's experiments.

8) I know now that behavioral modification isn't just making an association and pairing it like Pavlov did with his dog. There are more pieces terms and types of behavior modification.

9) emit, salient, aversive, pleasurable, elicit, antecedent, behavior, consequence, self reinforcing, reinforcement, reinforcer, punisher, valence,

1)I liked how antecedents were linked with behavior and consequence in somewhat of a circle and how the examples were interchangeable in order to make clear how they relate.

2)I didn't like that the antecedents weren't directly linked in affecting the consequence without the behavior. I think that gets more into conditioning with the thought that the process has occurred enough to the point of skipping the behavior.

3)I will remember that Antecedents elicit behavior through context. I will remember to use the terms pleasurable and aversion instead of positive and negative as not to lean toward causation. And I will remember the ABC's and how they are used in every day scenarios.

4.)I thought it was really interesting that people may continue or cease to emit certain behaviors even against the normal theories of punishment and reinforcement by ones own choice to use self reinforcement or punishment against it.

5) I didn't like, and wished that the text would have included positive punishments/reinforcement. This may be another term for "self" punishments/reinforcement, but I am curious how an individual could use that on another.

6) I will remember that reinforcement is for making a behavior more likely to occur, and that punishment is more likely to not occur. I will remember that valence is used here to describe psychological value on something that can be positive or negative. And I will remember that self punishment or reinforcement can decide the direction of frequency in behavior even if it is opposite of the target.

7)I didn't think it was as in depth and involved as many theories and steps and charts as it does, and yet how simple and easy it can be to commit if you are aware of behavior modificationary techniques.

8)I now believe that it is easier than learning specific behavioral techniques, but that by learning the procedure, you can come up with your own techniques suited to your own situation.

9)antecedents, behavior, consequence, pleasurable, aversion,ABCs, "self" punishments/reinforcement,punishment, reinforcement, elicit,positive, negative

CRD
1 a&b) What was one thing that you really liked that was in the section? Why?
I really liked seeing the behaviors broke down into the ABC's. For me, I think this helped to make the idea of behavior modification easier to see.

2) What was one thing that you disliked (or liked least) that was in the section? Why?
There was nothing in particular that I didn't like in this section, I just thought it crazy how easily you can modify or alter someone's behavior.

3 a,b&c) What are three things you will remember from what you read in the section? Why?
I will remember to use the terms pleasurable and aversion instead of positive and negative. Controlling the antecedent can make behavior occur or not occur. The importance of the relationship of behavior and consequence.

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

4 a&b) What was one thing that you really liked that was in the section? Why?
I liked the fact that you clearly distinguished the difference between reinforcement and punishment.

5) What was one thing that you disliked (or liked least) that was in the section? Why?
I didn't necessarily dislike this but I still a little confused on the difference between negative punishment and negative reinforcement.

6 a,b&c) What are three things you will remember from what you read in the section? Why?
I will remember that a reinforcement procedure is designed to increase the likelihood of behavior. Reinforcement,reinforcing, and reinforcer are similar. Negative reinforcement is a reinforcement that removes something averse.
7) Prior to reading these sections, what did you think about behavior modification? Why?
Prior to reading these sections, I didn't really have much knowledge of what is involved in behavior modifications.
8) How has reading these sections changed what you originally thought about behavior modification? How so?
After reading these first two sections I have a better idea of what behavior modifications is and what the steps are to modify someone's behavior, including your own.
9) Once you are done with your post make list of the terms and terminology you used in your post.
Anacendent,aversive, reinforcement, punishment, negative reinenforcement, ABC's

1) I like how clear and thorough it covered antecedent, behavior, and consequence (the ABCs).
It seemed to be a little bit of over kill, but it is important that we the terminology, to avoid miscommunications in the future. By the time I was finished reading/filling in the squares, I had no doubt that I knew part of the ABCs, which a great way to start.
2) I felt it got a little repetitive, which felt unnecessary, because the ABCs isn’t a very complex concept. Yet, this is a necessary annoyance. I would rather spend a few minutes pounding these concepts into my head, than spend time confused while speaking the language of BMod.
3) The most prevalent thing I learned was the difference between “elicit” and “emit.” These two words distinguish between the behavior that is happening or happened, the environment that conduced or favorable for that behavior. This brings up the next thing I learned, what and antecedent is. Most of the terms in this chapter I had heard before, but antecedent was new. The environment in which behaviors happen cannot be overlooked in BMod. It is simply too powerful of a variable. The third thing I learned is that the ABCs are not a linear path. The consequence can vary depending on the antecedent. All three parts are necessary when observing the truth of A, B, and C.
4) My favorite part of this chapter was the examples. The examples presented were easy to relate to and to understand. Also allowing me to produce my own examples was a great way to solidify the terms in my memory. Also prompting me to “be creative,” resulted in some colorful descriptions that will be more difficult to forget.
5) I did not care for the emphasis on the difference between –ment, -er, and –ing. I felt the first description was simple enough for me to grasp. I think the difference is obvious enough even for as something as important as terminology.
6) I learned that reinforcement and punishment are both verbs used to indicate whether a procedure is reinforces or punishes a certain behavior. I also learned that a reinforcer and punisher are both nouns that indicate that a certain consequence reinforces or punishes a certain behavior. I also learned that reinforcing and punishing are adjectives used to describe the interaction between consequence and behavior is reinforcement or punishment. The distinction between these three is subtle but necessary when discussing BMod.
7) Before reading these sections I had high hopes for BMod. It seems like a useful tool and can be used practically in many different situations. This opinion is an ignorant one, but hopefully I maintain my excitement or perhaps evolve to better appreciate it.
8) Reading these sections did not have an overwhelming influence on my opinion on BMod. It seems that learning the terminology is going to a tedious step, but I acknowledge that is a necessary one. All sciences, no matter how interesting, require some amount of grinding. Too small a price, I say!
Key Terms: antcedents, behavior, consequence, elicit, emit, reinforcement, reinforce, reinforcing, punishment, punisher, punishing

1) I liked that this section used multiple examples. I liked this because I learn better by repetition, and having many examples helped me to understand what each antecedent, behavior, and consequences were. I also liked that this section discussed what behavior modification was in simple terms. It helps to be able to grasp the concept and then add to it, like this section did.
2) There were a lot of examples where the answers could have been multiple answers, however that also seemed to be kind of the point as well so it may not have been a bad thing. I was just thinking one answer and wondering if that was right when I believe in actuality if it applies to the model, then it is correct.
3) The first concept I will remember is the ABC's and what they stand for; antecedent, behavior and consequence. The second I will remember is how environment can impact behavior (setting the occasion). And lastly, I will remember the difference between ‘elicit’ and ‘emit’. These concepts are important to remember because I have a feeling they be built on later in the course.
4) I really enjoyed how this section is set up. Just like the first section, each main idea is separate when it is necessary and has diagrams to help the reader understand what concepts are being displayed. The simple terms that are easy to follow along with keep my attention while reading through the text. I thought that this section was a bit more challenging and gave better examples as compared to the first section that we read.
5) Certain activities, like listing examples of reinforcement involving something that is ordinarily aversive, I found I liked the least. It took me some time to come up with original examples, as opposed to using the examples that were given and slightly changing them.
6) I will remember that valence is the value placed on a person, thing and can be negative or positive. I will also remember that self-reinforcement can happen even if others involved do not agree. I will also remember that reinforcement is a way to reach a desirable outcome. This can come in handy in everyday situations.
7) Prior to reading, I had thought that changing a behavior was hard and that punishment was probably the fastest or easiest way to get over a bad behavior.
8) Now, I still feel that changing a behavior is a process but reinforcement could be a better way to change. I think if I needed to change a behavior within myself, I would try to use a type of self-reinforcement. I feel as though I would benefit more from reinforcement.
9) Terms Used: Antecedent, behavior, consequence, behavior modification, reinforcement, reinforce, reinforcing, punishment, punisher, punishing, natural reinforcement, natural punishment, valence

Section 1.1
1. What was one thing that you really liked that was in the section? Why?
I really enjoyed getting to fill out the bubbles throughout the chapter. When I was writing down my responses I was actively engaged in the reading instead of simply skimming through the material. I think the activities are going to help me remember more material throughout the semester. I also really liked the conversation about antecedents and how one can perform the same behavior under different antecedents and get different consequences. The example used in the chapter was telling a joke at a funeral versus telling a joke at a party. Under the antecedent of the party, the consequence was laughter, but when the antecedent was a funeral, the consequence was sour looks. I find it interesting that different antecedents can elicit different behaviors.

2. What was one thing that you disliked (or liked least) that was in the section? Why?
I liked everything in the chapter, the only thing I can say I liked least was that I felt like I already knew much of the material that was covered so I felt like I wasn’t necessarily learning anything new, but I was glad to be reading about the ABC’s of behavior modification again because a concrete understanding of them will lead to a better understanding of material covered later in the class.

3. What are three things you will remember from what you read in the section? Why?
I’ll remember antecedent, behavior, and consequence because those are the ABC’s of behavior modification. If we can control the antecedent and the consequence, then we can usually predict (and control) a person’s behavior. The ABC’s are the foundation for beginning to manipulate our own and other’s behaviors.

Section 1.2
4. What was one thing that you really liked that was in the section? Why?
I really liked the topic of pleasurable and undesirable valence. I had never thought about the fact that different people value things differently, so what may seem like a punishment to some might actually be a reinforcer to others, depending on the valence of the object to that person. For instance, someone might see receiving free ice cream as a reinforcer, but I do not like ice cream, so I would see it as a punishment. I also found the topic of self-reinforcement interesting because I actually self-reinforce a lot of behavior, for instance, I only let myself watch Netflix after all of my homework is done. Watching Netflix reinforces the behavior of doing homework.

5. What was one thing that you disliked (or liked least) that was in the section? Why?
There were a lot more bubbles to fill out in this section, and I struggled to come up with examples of punishments, reinforcers, and I especially struggled applying them to the ABC’s of behavior because once I read the example ABC, that was all I could think about. So while I found the activities to be a good learning tool, I struggled to think of answers for them!

6. What are three things you will remember from what you read in the section? Why?
I will remember punishers, reinforcers, and self-reinforcement since I found those topics interesting. I have also studied punishers and reinforcers before and this section acted as a little refresher-course for my brain, so now I feel that I have a pretty good understanding of those terms.

7. Prior to reading these sections, what did you think about behavior modification? Why?
I thought more about Pavlov and his dogs because that was a very famous study about behavior modification and it has been covered in multiple psychology courses.

8. How has reading these sections changed what you originally thought about behavior modification? How so?
Now I see a more ‘big picture’ application of it in the ABC’s of behavior modification. I see that the environment has a very powerful affect on people’s behavior and that, in order to change behavior, we have to change their environment and consequences of behavior. We can’t simply ring a bell and cause people to start salivating, we must put them in certain situations and either reinforce or punish that behavior in order to shape the way they react to their environment.

Terms: consequences, behavior, antecedents, valence, punishment, reinforcer, self-reinforcement

Section 1.1

1.
A. I enjoyed learning that behavior modification, at a basic level, is controlled via only the ABCs- the Antecedent (what comes before the behavior), the Behavior, and the Consequence.

B. It's interesting to me because usually we think of our behaviors as decisions that we make on the fly- that no one could predict or dictate what behaviors we emit in an environment where we have free will. The ABCs show that the actions one emits are shaped by the antecedent and consequence of those behaviors and not only the things that we are consciously aware of.

2.
A. I didn't really dislike anything in this section. It was short and only covered a few things- not much to be able to dislike.

B. See above.

3.
A. I will remember that the A in ABCs stands for antecedent and that it means what is happening before the behavior. I will remember this because it was one of the things the section covered the most.

B. I will remember that the B in ABCs stands for behavior and that the C stands for consequence. I separated these from antecedent because they didn't require an alteration of/addition to my vocabulary. I will remember them because they are one of the only things the section covered heavily.

C. I will remember that aversive consequences (punisher) are most likely to decrease the probability of a behavior being emitted again (punishment), and that pleasurable consequences (reinforcer) are most likely to increase the probability of a behavior being emitted again (reinforcement). I'll remember this because it resonates with what I already know about reinforcement.

Section 1.2

4.
A. One thing I really liked about this section was the importance it placed on vocabulary.

B. I've always felt that it was important to be able to clearly illustrate your point and having a strong grasp on the meanings of words helps with this. The focus on how the words should be used will make it easier to convey my thoughts about the subject in a more concise and exact fashion.

5.
A. The repetition of some of the questions.

B. I understand the usefulness of repetition in learning, but that doesn't make it any more fun.

6.
A. I will remember that valence is the psychological value someone places on a person, place, or object. I will remember this because it seems like an important word to have in ones vocabulary if they are going to talk about psychology.

B. I will remember to use words such as aversive or desirable instead of negative and positive to describe the valence of a thing so as not to be unclear or inconsistent with my wording.

C. I will remember that the consequence and antecedent are related. I will remember this because of the example of the man going in to the restroom meant for women. Specifically it will help me remember to think about what impact a consequence might have on an antecedent.

7. Prior to reading these sections I didn't think much of behavior modification outside of what I already knew about conditioning from other psychology courses. This is because I simply wasn't sure what to expect from the course or the subject beyond that.

8. These sections have changed my thinking about behavior modification quite a bit. One example would be self-reinforcement. I thought that such a thing wouldn't work because a person knew that they could give themselves the reinforcement whenever they wanted instead of after the desired action. The idea that it could be done unconsciously never occurred to me, and the fact that it works at all is interesting to me. Along with this idea, the idea that the everyday social cues we take from others can result in natural reinforcement or punishment without us ever being conscious of it taking place. These sections have shown me that behavior modification will be much more than just relearning conditioning.

9. Terms used: Antecedent, behavior, consequence, emit, aversive, desirable, valence, reinforcement, punishment, reinforcer, punisher, valence, self-reinforcement, probability, naturally occurring reinforcement, naturally occurring punishment

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

1 a&b) What was one thing that you really liked that was in the section? Why?

A. I liked how behavior can be broken down into three parts.

B. I never thought about behavior being broken down into setting, action, and consequence. I keep trying to think of different behaviors that this wouldn’t work for but I can’t and I find that interesting.

2) What was one thing that you disliked (or liked least) that was in the section? Why?

I don’t like the thought of using the knowledge of behavior to control other people. It has its benefits but I also see that there could be a very dark side to having this knowledge.

3 a,b&c) What are three things you will remember from what you read in the section? Why?

A. We are going to switch from using positive and negative to pleasurable and aversive. I will remember this because I have always thought that positive and negative were confusing words to use when talking in psychology. I always saw it as positive means presenting something and negative means taking something away (positive punishment, negative reinforcement).

B. Antecedent (setting), Behavior (action), consequence. I will remember these because it is ABC (easy to remember) and it is the setting for behaviors.

C. Behaviors can and will change depending on the antecedent. This is easy to remember because it is easily observable in our everyday lives.

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

4 a&b) What was one thing that you really liked that was in the section? Why?

A.I thought self-reinforcement was interesting.

B.I think it is interesting because we can use it to control our own behavior. I think the difference between being self-reinforcement and external reinforcement is crucial in controlling behavior.

5) What was one thing that you disliked (or liked least) that was in the section? Why?

I wish there had been more examples of valence and self-reinforcement because I feel like those terms were skimmed over briefly and I want to know more about them.

6 a,b&c) What are three things you will remember from what you read in the section? Why?

A. I will remember positive and negative reinforcement and punishment because they were the main points of this section and making examples makes it easy to remember.

B. I will remember valence because it was a new term that I had never heard before.

C. I will remember self-reinforcement because I think it is very important when trying to change your own behavior.

7) Prior to reading these sections, what did you think about behavior modification? Why?

I thought behavior modification was about saying things to manipulate people or animals into doing behaviors that you want them to do. For example, I thought it was about saying no at the right time to decrease a behavior but I learned that there is much more to it than just saying yes or no at the right point in time.

8) How has reading these sections changed what you originally thought about behavior modification? How so?

It has changed what I originally thought of behavior modification because I now know that there is a lot more too changing behavior than just punishments and saying yes or no at the right time. Changing behavior can be simple but it can also be very complex.

9) Terms: Antecedent, behavior, consequence, pleasurable, aversive, positive punishment, negative reinforcement, valence, self-reinforcement.

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

1 a&b) What was one thing that you really liked that was in the section? Why?
-I really liked how behavior modification was broken down in ABC. I have never really thought about how behavior is contingent upon an antecedent and results in a consequence. I think a lot of the time, at least personally, is spent focusing on the behavior instead of what causes the behavior and what is caused due to the behavior. Breaking behavior modification down into the ABC's really helped me gain a better understanding of behavior.

2) What was one thing that you disliked (or liked least) that was in the section? Why?
- There isn't really anything that I disliked in this section, however, I am not really a fan of the manipulating aspect of controlling people based on behaviors and antecedents.

3 a,b&c) What are three things you will remember from what you read in the section? Why?
- I will remember that before a behavior is emitted, there is an antecedent that causes the behavior and the behavior in turn causes a consequence (ABC). I will remember to use Pleasurable and Adverse when referring to consequences instead of positive and negative. Also I will remember the examples used in this section to explain the ABC's because they were simple and made it easy to understand the relationship of the ABC's and real life situations.

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

4 a&b) What was one thing that you really liked that was in the section? Why?
- I really liked how the difference between a reinforcer and reinforcement procedures was explained. I also liked the explanation of valance. I thought it was done clearly and made the difference between the two easy to understand.

5) What was one thing that you disliked (or liked least) that was in the section? Why?
- I didn't really dislike anything in this section, however I was a little confused on the section on negative reinforcement and punishment. I think I have a pretty good understanding after reading it a couple of times.

6 a,b&c) What are three things you will remember from what you read in the section? Why?
- I will remember that reinforcement is used to increase the likelihood of the behavior occurring after the antecedent and punishment is used to decrease the likelihood of the behavior occurring after the antecedent; remembering this will be easy because it was clearly stated in the text. I will also remember that reinforcer occur without being planned and reinforcement procedures is something that is planned to happen.

7) Prior to reading these sections, what did you think about behavior modification? Why?
- I thought behavior modification was a quick and easy fix for behaviors that were not see as acceptable.

8) How has reading these sections changed what you originally thought about behavior modification? How so?
-After reading these sections I realize that behavior modification encompasses a lot more than just encouraging or discouraging a behavior. I've never really thought about what leads up to causing a behavior and what is caused by the behaviors we emit. After reading about the ABC's it makes since that changing behaviors is not a quick and easy task.

9) Once you are done with your post make list of the terms and terminology you used in your post.
- Antecedent, behavior, consequence, reinforcer, reinforcement procedure, emit, punishment, pleasurable, adverse, valance

1 a&b) What was one thing that you really liked that was in the section? Why?
The empty boxes. It forced us to think on our own and create our own ideas, giving us a better understanding overall.
2) What was one thing that you disliked (or liked least) that was in the section? Why?
That a few normal everyday terms have a different meaning for B. Mod. It's not too much of a big deal, just adds a little confusion.
3 a,b&c) What are three things you will remember from what you read in the section? Why? That some terms will have different meanings in this course; the acronym ABC, and that the view of manipulating people doesn't necessarily mean something wrong.

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

4 a&b) What was one thing that you really liked that was in the section? Why?
It gave many very specific descriptions of terms, and that made it easier to stay on the same page.
5) What was one thing that you disliked (or liked least) that was in the section? Why?
The term "valence" was slightly confusing, so another example or two, for that term, would be helpful.
6 a,b&c) What are three things you will remember from what you read in the section? Why? I will remember valence, to not use the terms positive/negative, and self-reinforcement. Valence and using pleasurable/aversive, instead of positive/negative, are new concepts for myself.
7) Prior to reading these sections, what did you think about behavior modification? Why? I thought behavior modification was basically about either reinforcing or punishing a behavior in an attempt to get a desired result. I have picked up some knowledge of this subject from previous psychology classes and that helped shape what I currently know.

8) How has reading these sections changed what you originally thought about behavior modification? How so? That manipulation can be just as good of a thing as it can be bad. I never really realized that even a simple closed sign on a storefront is absolutely a form of manipulating people.

9) Once you are done with your post make list of the terms and terminology you used in your post. ABCs, valence, manipulation, self-reinforcement, aversive/pleasurable, reinforcement/punishment, positive/negative.

1 a&b) What was one thing that you really liked that was in the section? Why?
The one thing I liked about this section was that it was easy to understand and comprehend. There wasn’t a lot of vocabulary that made this section hard to understand. The reading was easy to go through. I liked this because sometimes with psychology books, the wording is hard to understand making the point confusing that they were trying to come across. It was easy to find the point in the reading.

2. What was one thing that you disliked (or liked least) that was in the section? Why?
There wasn’t a lot that I didn’t like about the reading. The only thing that could get hard would be that you tell us to fill in the boxes. We haven’t had class a lot so I’m not sure if we ever go over the sections in detail or not. But if we don’t, the reason I wouldn’t like that is that I would never know if I was right or wrong about the answer I picked to put in the box. This section would be hard to have a wrong answer but for future references, it could be difficult.

3 a,b&c) What are three things you will remember from what you read in the section? Why?
One thing that I will remember from this would be that ABC’s of Behavior Modification is antecedent, behavior, and consequence. I had never learned about that before this class so that will help to understand why or how people behave. Another thing that I took out of this reading would be that the environment or antecedents sets up the behavior. The antecedents is what is happening before the behavior meaning your environment or what is around could influence your behavior. The last thing that I could take from this section is that consequence is going to be different according to your antecedent. Due to where you are like the statement I said before is going to affect how you react.

After reading section 1.2, please respond to the following questions.
4 a&b) What was one thing that you really liked that was in the section? Why?
The thing that I liked about this section was that you used lots of examples. It is easier to understand in my opinion if you use lots of examples. Sometimes it is harder to understand if there isn’t any.

5. What was one thing that you disliked (or liked least) that was in the section? Why?
The one thing that I didn’t like about this section was that it kept refer to later chapters. At the time, we were trying to learn about something and it kept saying that we would talk about it in a later chapter.

6 a,b&c) What are three things you will remember from what you read in the section? Why?
One thing that I got out of this section was that reinforcement and punishment are two more things that go along with how you behave and what happens. They involve the behavior and the consequence. Another thing that I learned was that the was a negative and positive reinforcement. They are both to gain something but are done in different ways. The last thing that I took out of this was that self-reinforcement is when the reinforcer is self delivered. You can award yourself.

7. Prior to reading these sections, what did you think about behavior modification? Why?
Before reading this, I thought behavior modification was looking at how people react to different situations, looking at the different ways or possibilities. I didn’t have a lot of understanding about it but I thought it would be good for what I want to do in the future.

8. How has reading these sections changed what you originally thought about behavior modification? How so?
It has changed it in a minor way. I knew most of what we learned in the sections, mostly just refreshed my memory. I think that there will be a lot more to learn in the future chapters though.

9. Once you are done with your post make list of the terms and terminology you used in your post.
behavior modification, antecedent, reinforcement, punishment, negative reinforcement, positive reinforcement, self reinforcement

1.1

1) I like how this section broke down the how the occurrence of behaviors happens using the ABC model. It made it simpler to understand that the antecedent is like the environment and sets the occasion for a behavior to occur. The controlling of this is very powerful because it can predict the behavior and the consequence can determine the likeliness of the behavior occurring again. This also says how important the controlling of consequences may be. This model made it easier to understand behaviors and what we emit due to the antecedent and consequence or what we can elicit by controlling the antecedent and consequence.

2) I guess I least liked in this section how positive and negative are terms not preferred when describing behaviors or consequences. Just makes it a little more complicated changing language in Behavior Modifications to pleasant or aversive rather than saying what I'm naturally used to. It's not that difficult though.

3) Three things I will remember from this section are; a-knowing the antecedent and consequence will make the behavior more predictable. b-having control over the antecedent and consequence will set the occasion for the behavior and determine if behavior is more likely to occur if used under the same antecedent. c-the ABC's of Behavior Modification is not a linear model, it's more of a loop, meaning that the resulting consequence can determine the behavior if put in the same antecedent again. I will remember these because this is a new concept I have never come across before for understanding behavior occurrence.

1.2

4) I liked how this section broke down reinforcement and punishment and explained the different types and how they work. These are concepts that I think get confusing because they are over thought, but it was put more simply so easier to understand. Reinforcing is meant to increase the behavior and punishment is meant to decrease, but there are different forms of each, such as; negative punishment, negative reinforcement, and self-reinforcement.

5) I think it got a little confusing when things got broken down into verbs, nouns, and adjectives. I think it just made me over think it and it became slightly difficult to answer some of the questions regarding giving examples of each.

6) Three things I will remember from this section are; a-valence the term is used to describe psychological value of a person/place/thing. b-valences can be positive or negative and provide desirable or aversive outcomes that can be either reinforcers or punishers. c-I see the difference between negative punishment and reinforcement. Negative punishment is the subtraction or removal of something with positive valence to increase and unpleasant experience, while negative reinforcement is the removal of something aversive to reinforce desirable behaviors. I will remember these things because valence is a completely new term and concept for me, and negative punishment/reinforcement has always been a confusing thing for me to understand and now I finally get it.

7) I really didn't think it was as complex as these two sections made it out to be. I was familiar with reinforcing and punishing to increase or decrease behavior but that was about it. I thought it was just simply the modifying of behaviors but I was surprised to see there was more to it than that.

8) I now see it as a more complex concept that includes multiple ways of predicting or changing behavior. I didn't know a lot of the new terms introduced in this section, and I had never heard of the ABC model for behavior. I now see that manipulation as less of a negative term as it is shown in these sections as being able to have a positive outcome and be used to reinforce behavior with pleasant valence.

9) ABC's, antecedent/behavior/consequence, pleasant/aversive, reinforcement/punishment, positive/negative, self reinforcement, valence, reinforcers/punishers, manipulation, desirable/aversive outcome, modification.

1 a&b) What was one thing that you really liked that was in the section? Why?

One thing that I found interesting about this chapter is how many simple behaviors we all emit each and everyday. Every choice we make has a consequence and I’ve never really stopped to think about that before.

2) What was one thing that you disliked (or liked least) that was in the section? Why?
I wouldn’t say that there was anything I truly disliked, however I did find the beginning of the chapter a bit disturbing. It talks about how if we can predict the consequences and are given a certain antecedent, then we could potentially control the way people behave, and I myself find that a bit disturbing.

3 a,b&c) What are three things you will remember from what you read in the section? Why?
The first thing I will remember from this chapter is the vocabulary usage. I feel that when we get deeper into the material, we will come across many of these words quite often. The second thing I will remember is that the diagrams that are provided don’t simply go in one direction, but are all connected into one big loop. The third and final thing I will take away from this chapter is that the antecedent is basically a term used for “setting the occasion” or giving the person an environment where they can emit a specific behavior.

4 a&b) What was one thing that you really liked that was in the section? Why?
One thing I really liked about this section of the book was the explanation of Self-reinforcement. I have often wondered why some people continue to tell jokes because they are not funny. The self-reinforcement definition in this book sheds some light on what might be going through that persons head when they are telling the joke. They find it humorous, yet many others may not.
5) What was one thing that you disliked (or liked least) that was in the section? Why?
One thing that I didn’t like very much about this section is the amount of words thrown at the reader all at one point. I felt like there was a large amount of vocabulary that was tossed in all at once and I had to read a few paragraphs again just to get the full understanding of them.
6 a,b&c) What are three things you will remember from what you read in the section? Why?

The first thing that I will take away from this chapter is the self-reinforcement section. Every time somebody tells a bad story or joke I will remember that they may find themselves funny even though many others may not. The next thing I will take away from this section is how reinforcers and punishers can be used to emit a certain behavior from a person. The third thing I will take away from this section is the definition of Valance. When something is described as positive or negative, this gives that person, place, or thing words to describe how desirable or undesirable they are.

7) Prior to reading these sections, what did you think about behavior modification? Why?
Before reading these sections I thought behavior modification was just this; how to get a person to emit a certain behavior by giving them some kind of stimulus.

8) How has reading these sections changed what you originally thought about behavior modification? How so?
These sections shed a bit more light on behavior modification for me. It showed me that the antecedent, behavior, and consequence are all related in a loop and that every behavior that is emitted has a consequence that follows based on a persons surroundings.

9) Once you are done with your post make list of the terms and terminology you used in your post.
Terms: Antecedent, behavior, consequence, valance, reinforcement, punishment, emit, aversive, pleasurable.

1 a&b) What was one thing that you really liked that was in the section? Why?
I enjoyed how the material was introduced, there are few words that most people would not know. The content is explained and defined well using simple examples paired with charts for clarity. The section provided a great overview for the main parts of what bmod contains.

2) What was one thing that you disliked (or liked least) that was in the section? Why?
The point may be driven home way to hard, I felt some information was repetitive and filler-y. Aside from being repetitious a few details were skimmed over and the definitions were too simple.

3 a,b&c) What are three things you will remember from what you read in the section? Why?
A) Antecedents refers to the situation before a behavior occurs, the behavior is the action we observe and consequences refers to the outcome of the behavior.
B) The ABCs are building blocks of behavior, and also the basis of understanding behavior modification.
C) Environment is a large component the emitting of behavior.

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

4 a&b) What was one thing that you really liked that was in the section? Why?
It flows well with the other chapter, it refers back to last section but it but doesn’t waste time reviewing to in-depth. The chapter does a great job of distinguishing between reinforcement/ punishment procedures and positive/negative valence.

5) What was one thing that you disliked (or liked least) that was in the section? Why?
This section seems to have a words that were very similar yet different, for example reinforce, reinforcement and reinforcing. Small differences that will take a little more time to distinguish.

6 a,b&c) What are three things you will remember from what you read in the section? Why?
• A consequence of a behavior is punishing the probability of the behavior occurring under the same instance will decrease, but reinforcing behavior leaders to an increase in the behavior occurring.
• Valence can be either positive or negative general descriptor for a person, place or thing. This can also refer to consequences.
• Reinforcement CAN be aversive and punishment CAN involve something desirable
7) Prior to reading these sections, what did you think about behavior modification? Why?
I had a rough idea what behavior modification involved but after reading sections 1.1 and 1.2 information is much clearer. During intro psychology classes I feel they skim over the behavior section and what they do teach is a history lesson and less current practices.

8) How has reading these sections changed what you originally thought about behavior modification? How so?
My first impression was that it was simple and could be easily explained with the ABC’s but there is much more to explaining and modifying behavior that I’m sure we’ll cover during the semester.

9) Once you are done with your post make list of the terms and terminology you used in your post.
Behavior modification, Antecedents, Behavior, Consequences(ABC’s), Positive/Negative, Reinforcement, Valence.

Section 1.1
1) a & b What was one thing that you really liked that was in the section? Why?
One thing I really liked that was in the section was the explanation of antecedents, behaviors and consequences. I never realized how a behavior may depend on the situation, environment and what might have happened before to cause that behavior. It was well explained through the examples. What I also liked were the diagrams, because it helped the understanding and gave me a more visual understanding. 



2) What was one thing that you disliked (or liked least) that was in the section? Why?
One thing that was adverse for me, were the examples. In my opinion there were too many examples and it was getting tired seeing them all over again all the time. I think with just a few examples could have been better because then I don’t get tired of reading the same examples and getting distracted. Instead, with less examples and continue reading new things and learning something new. 



3) a, b & c What are three things you will remember from what you read in the section? Why?
What I will remember for sure is the sequence of antecedents, behaviors and consequences. Mostly because the three of them are kind of the most important three letters. Also, now thinking in the A, B and C make me think more in my behaviors and the consequences they can cause. Along with the A, B, and C terms, come the new vocabulary. Some words required me more research than other depending on the context. However, most of the vocabulary is on my head with an understanding.

Section 1.2
4) a & b What was one thing that you really liked that was in the section? Why?
Compared to the last section, in this section the examples are very clear and actually they help to increase the understanding. Also is was very interesting seeing how reinforcement and punishment can change from noun to verbs depending on the situation. 


5) What was one thing that you disliked (or liked least) that was in the section? Why?
What I disliked the most was the repetition. All the context was pretty much repetitive and the examples mad it clear at first so I don’t think there was need of keep been repetitive. 


6) a, b & c What are three things you will remember from what you read in the section? Why?
Reinforcement, punishment and valence. Reinforcement and punishment for the different examples. I will remember valence because is was a total new word for me and it was applied in the reading many times. 


7) Prior to reading these sections, what did you think about behavior modification? Why?
Before the reading, behavior modification for me was pretty much how people changed according to their environment. What kind of behaviors they emit or emitted according to the situation. I thought we were just going to watch clips and analyze what happened. I totally did not expected to have that many new words and is very satisfactory to learn and understand a new word. 


8) How has reading these sections changed what you originally thought about behavior modification? How so?
I never thought there was going to be a different vocabulary. Thats the first thing I noticed that changed from what I originally thought. I think overall as a concept my thoughts still the same about behavior modification, but the vocabulary added change to the view. 


9) Once you are done with your post make list of the terms and terminology you used in your post.
Terms: Antecedents, aversive, emit, emitted, reinforcement, punishments, valence, behavior, consequences.

1 a&b) What was one thing that you really liked that was in the section? Why?
I enjoyed how section 1.1 breaks down behavior into three main components: an antecedent that initiates it, the behavior itself, and the consequence of that behavior. While reading through the chapter I was able to apply these terms for my own behavior which helped to reinforce the concept.
2) What was one thing that you disliked (or liked least) that was in the section? Why?
The simplicity of the section left me with a few questions that will probably be answered as we continue through the material.
3 a,b&c) What are three things you will remember from what you read in the section? Why?
Antecetant – the initiator or cause of behavior, Behavior – the thoughts or actions displayed, Consequence – the resulting effect of the behavior. These are the ABC’s of behavior modification the book is named after.
After reading section 1.2, please respond to the following questions.
4 a&b) What was one thing that you really liked that was in the section? Why? One of the things I liked was getting into the strength of certain consequences, such as scowled looks for saying something rude being a salient consequence.
5) What was one thing that you disliked (or liked least) that was in the section? Why? Some of the paragraphs I read over twice, just because they were a little confusing at first. Punishment and reinforcement procedures seemed more difficult but made sense after a second read.
6 a,b&c) What are three things you will remember from what you read in the section? Why? Reinforcements are pleasurable and increase the likelihood of behavior occurring again. Punishers are aversive (pleasurable) and decrease the likelihood of behavior occurring again.
7) Prior to reading these sections, what did you think about behavior modification? Why? Before this section I thought of Bmod simple as the practice of changing habits. I wasn’t aware it broke down everything in a scientific and structured way.
8) How has reading these sections changed what you originally thought about behavior modification? How so? Reading this section has opened up a new way of thinking about how I, and everyone else, interacts with the world. By applying these principles we can better understand the reasons people behave as they do, and how we can change their behavior.
9) Once you are done with your post make list of the terms and terminology you used in your post.
Terms: antecedent, behavior, consequence, aversive, pleasurable, emit, salient, reinforce, punish

1) I enjoyed that the section had many different examples so I was able to try different scenarios in order to better understand the overall concept of behaviors predicting outcomes. I feel the behavior is a very interesting concept. At times, in fact most of the time, behavior can predict the outcomes of events/actions very well, but it is the times that a certain behavior does not lead to the intended outcome that interest me most.
2) The part I enjoyed least throughout the sections was the notion that if one is controls for certain antecedents and consequences that they would be able to control the behavior. I believe that people would sometimes perceive things differently and one could not control for their specific behavior
3) (a) Due to the information being repeated so often, I will remember that antecedent, behavior, and consequence stand for the ABCs of behaviors in the title of the text. (b) I was also able to expand my knowledge about how predictable things can be if one is able to understand and predict behaviors. Most often, the outcomes after certain behaviors could be guessed by common sense due to the natural way people are programed to respond/interpret those actions. (c) Lastly, I will remember that the environment has a large impact on people’s behaviors and could be the reason that some people act differently in certain places than they do in others.
4) I really enjoyed the overall topic of reinforcement and enjoyed being able to recognize times that I see this behavior in my daily life. I was most interest to learn about the two types of reinforcement, positive valance and negative valance, and which way is the most effective.
5) I do not really dislike or question anything within this section. It was all information that was easily connected and understandable. One thing that did catch me off guard was how it was listed if the word was a noun, verb, ect. That is a very picky thing to disagree with, but I felt that that information was just unneeded throughout the text.
6) (a) One thing I will remember was the fact that reinforcing causes and behavior to increase while punishing causes a behavior to decrease because sometimes I feel that people misuse punishment because they want to promote certain behaviors but do not understand when it doesn’t work. (b) Understanding the roles of reinforcer and punisher is another interesting topic in the section and is something that I use to overlook in the acts of punishment and reinforcement. The behaviors of those people are very important in the overall shaping of behaviors. (c) Self-reinforcement and self-punishment is another topic that I will remember from the section because I found it very interesting and can see these behaviors in my own life/behaviors.
7) Before reading these section I thought that behavior modification covered a smaller field of events within our life, because by glancing at the subject most people think behavior is a matter of acting good or bad. In fact, behavior is everything we do and how we go about our daily lives and react in situations.
8) Reading these sections has just helped in expanding what I classify as behaviors and helped me to understand the larger impact that behavior has on one’s personality and life as a whole.
9) Punishment, Reinforcement, Punisher, Reinforcer, Punishing, Reinforcing, Positive Valance, Negative Valance, Self-Reinforcement, Self-Punishment, Antecedent, Behavior, Consequences, ABCs of behavior

1)What was one thing that you really liked that was in the section? Why?

I really liked the ABCs of behavior modification. Prior to reading this I did not know that the antecedent, or setting, is what lead to our behavior. I like the example that was given in the section about the party. The party (antecedent) leads to telling a joke (behavior) which is followed by the consequence, or outcome, which is laughter. Understanding that that these things are interconnected and relate helps give a better understanding of behavior.

2) What was one thing that you disliked (or liked least) that was in the section? Why?

There is nothing that I did not like about this section. I found all of the information interesting. The examples that were given were easy to understand and definitions were given for the terms that I did not recognize.

3) What are three things you will remember from what you read in the section? Why?

First, the antecedent is the setting for which the behavior will occur which leads to the consequence. Aversive, because it is a new word and I think it sounds like a more proper term to use in writing my papers. Finally, the fact that some of our behaviors are force of habit that we often do not recognize it as a behavior, but as routine.

4) What was one thing that you really liked that was in the section? Why?

The explained differences between reinforcement and punishment. Understanding the way these to actions are used in the field of psychology to modify behavior.

5) What was one thing that you disliked (or liked least) that was in the section? Why?

There were not as many examples in this section as the previous one. Having more examples would have given me a better understanding as to how to use reinforcement and punishment properly.

6) What are three things you will remember from what you read in the section? Why?

Positive and negative valence are two terms that I will remember well, because I will be using them throughout this course. I will also be using these terms in my future career. Reinforcement as a means to increase behavior, because I will be working on behavior modification over the course of my lifetime.

7) Prior to reading these sections, what did you think about behavior modification? Why?

Behavior modification is a method of psychology that helps to reduce or increase behavior. I learned about behavior modification while taking introduction to psychology.

8) How has reading these sections changed what you originally thought about behavior modification? How so?

There is more to behavior modification than I had previously thought. Understanding and recognizing components of behavior is a process. An individual must understand the antecedents that are causing the behavior in order to reduce or change the consequence.

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

Terms: antecedent, behavior, consequence, aversive, reinforcement, punishment, positive valence, negative valence

1 a&b) What was one thing that you really liked that was in the section? Why?
I really like the simplicity of the ABC system. It very simple to understand and the examples really helped get the point across. The "fill in the blank" in the textbook also helped me get across what the system was because it helped me practice by creating ABCs on my own. I really liked the simplicity of it because I am a logical thinking person, if I can have a formula or a picture to help show exactly what something is or what it's supposed to mean, I enjoy it.
2) What was one thing that you disliked (or liked least) that was in the section? Why?
While I like the simplicity, I feel like a lot of this is open to some interpretation. I do not like when something is so wide open because it tends to cause the most disagreement and can make some things difficult to understand.
3 a,b&c) What are three things you will remember from what you read in the section? Why?
- For every behavior we admit, there is a antecedent and a consequence
- Given the antecedent and consequence, the behavior is easy to figure out
- We are mostly unaware of most of the behaviors we do

4 a&b) What was one thing that you really liked that was in the section? Why?
I liked reading about reinforcement and specifically negative reinforcement. People usually think of reinforcement as something positive that will help or increase something. The aspect of stopping something aversive or negative reinforcement was interesting to me and I enjoyed it because of the fact that most people don't usually see it as something negative.
5) What was one thing that you disliked (or liked least) that was in the section? Why?
The concept of valence just seemed difficult for me to understand at first. I'm not sure why because I understand it now. It might just because of distractions or otherwise while reading that section. I guess cause it took me a couple of times going over it was why I disliked the most.
6 a,b&c) What are three things you will remember from what you read in the section? Why?
- When you use a reinforcer, the chances the chances of repeating under the same circumstances is higher
- When you use a punisher, the chances of repeating under the same circumstances is lower
- The idea of a negative reinforcer stopping something that is aversive

7) Prior to reading these sections, what did you think about behavior modification? Why?
I did think it was just pretty much altering behaviors and getting certain actions or reactions out of people (the ringing a bell and feeding your dog causing him to salivate when a bell rings type of thing). I knew that there was obviously more to it but didn't know anything else.
8) How has reading these sections changed what you originally thought about behavior modification? How so?
It honestly has not changed a ton. Don't get me wrong, I learned a lot of new concepts. However, I know that these sections, especially the first one, were just the beginning of a whole class that will really extend my knowledge.
9) Once you are done with your post make list of the terms and terminology you used in your post.
ABC, antecedent, behavior, consequence, reinforcement, negative reinforcement, aversive, valence, reinforcer, punisher,

1. What was one thing you really liked?
I really liked that the book explained how easily behavior can be manipulated. I realized that most of the behaviors that I do, day to day, are done without thinking. I enjoyed the example of how depending on the antecedent, the consequence changes regardless of the same behavior being presented.

2. What was one thing that you disliked about the section?
There wasn’t anything in the section that I disliked.

3.Three things to remember from the section:
1.That behavior is easily manipulated.
2. The ABC way to think about and remember how behavior works. The antecedent, then the behavior, and then the consequence.
3. That there are many different combinations of the ABC that are expressed in everyday life.

4. What was one thing you liked about this section?
I thought that it explained the concepts of reinforcement and punishment well. It was easy to figure out which is which and distinguish between what makes a reinforcement and a punishment.

5. What was one thing you disliked about this section?
I disliked that there were so many examples that we needed to come up with. I thought that one of each would have be sufficient. The more examples that we needed the longer it took. I think that it would have been more beneficial to spend the majority of time on reading the concepts.

6. The three things that I will take away:
1. There are two types of reinforcers and punishers. They are positive and negative and they explain the way that you are using the reinforcers and punishers.
2. When the consequence is a reinforcer than the behavior will most likely will increase.
3. Punishment can involve removing something that we find desirable.

7 and 8. Prior to reading these sections I did not know that I knew about behavior modification. I did not realize that I had already learned these concepts in other class and that they were associated with behavior modification. I have learned a lot from these sections in how behavior modification works. I learned that ABCs and what they mean.

9. behavior, Punishment, reinforcer, punishers, antecedent, consequence,

1.1
I thought that people acted certain ways in different situations. But usually I would think that everyone is a little different on how they could act. Some people grow up in different homes where the polite thing to do in a certain situation would be so and so, while others were brought up that you were supposes to be vocal about your opinion and not let others walk over you. I will remember that knowing the ABC’s you have a more likely chance to manipulate someone’s behavior, because knowing what the situation and consequent may be it will control how a person behaves. Second I will remember that depending on the antecedent a certain behavior can result in two different ways, because of the joke scenario if you tell the joke at a funeral you will have a different consequent than if you tell the joke at a party. Third I will remember what the ABC’s are, because we went over what A B and C were separately. I really liked in this chapter how when a vocab word was first used the more “simple term” was in parenthesis afterwards. That way there wasn’t any guessing at what the word really means. Reading chapter 1.1 didn’t change my thoughts about behavior modification drastically. I didn’t know anything about the ABC’s of behavior but when explained they made a lot of sense. Also everything in the reading just helped to explain and take what I was already guessing further or prove it to be the truth.
1.2
I will remember that a punishment or reinforcement is natural while the punishment procedure or reinforcement procedure is something that you intentionally do on purpose, because of the examples with a natural reaction like smiling or an intentional action like banging on the walls. Second I will remember that positive valence is a quality that you like about something whereas the negative valence is when there is a quality that you dislike about something. Finally I will remember a negative punishment is taking something away, because negative is minus something. But there is also negative reinforcement which is a good thing because you could take away something negative and be left with something desirable. I kind of started to second guess myself with all of the same like words between reinforcer and reinforcement it just started to get confusing. Still after reading 1.2 what I thought about behavior modification hasn’t really changed. What I have read only verifies what I have already learned from past classes.
terms: punishment, reinforcement, natrual reaction, negative, reinforcer, reinforcement, ABC's, manipulate, consequent, behavior, antecedent.

EJW
1 a&b) What was one thing that you really liked that was in the section? Why?
I like the A, B, C’s because it makes it simple to understand and it makes me eager to apply these concepts.
2) What was one thing that you disliked (or liked least) that was in the section? Why?
I honestly can’t say I disliked anything; I am very interested in all of it.
3 a,b&c) What are three things you will remember from what you read in the section? Why?
a) Once you know the antecedent and the consequence, the types of behaviors become much more predictable.
b) manipulation is not necessarily a bad thing. c) The environment has a strong impact on behavior.

After reading section 1.2, please respond to the following questions.
4 a&b) What was one thing that you really liked that was in the section? Why?
I enjoyed learning about reinforcement because I want to be able to use it in my day to day life.
5) What was one thing that you disliked (or liked least) that was in the section? Why?
I might forget all of the different terms when instead of using valence we will be using pleasurable and desirable.
6 a,b&c) What are three things you will remember from what you read in the section? Why?
a) When the consequence of a behavior is reinforcing, the future probability of the behavior occurring under the same circumstances will increase b) Reinforcement can involve something aversive c) Valence refers to the psychological value placed on a person, place or thing.
7) Prior to reading these sections, what did you think about behavior modification? Why?
I thought it would be much more complicated, but this is explained very well.
8) How has reading these sections changed what you originally thought about behavior modification? How so?
I hadn’t really given it much thought, so once I read more about it I realized that this could help me in many ways, to change behavior in myself and others that I don’t like.
9) Once you are done with your post make list of the terms and terminology you used in your post.
Antecedent
Behavior
Consequence
Valence
Pleasurable
Desirable

Section 1.1:

1) What was one thing that you really liked that was in the section? Why?

While reading this section, I really liked learning about what the ABC’s of behavior modification are (antecedent, behavior, and consequence). They got me thinking about the different things that are involved in my behaviors, since we are generally unaware of the ABC’s. This concept was the most interesting and got me excited to learn more about behavior modification.

2) What was one thing that you disliked (or liked least) that was in the section? Why?

This section was pretty short, so there wasn’t much there for me to dislike. I felt as though parts of the section were a bit redundant. Some of the information was repeated. Other than that, I enjoyed the reading.

3) What are three things you will remember from what you read in the section? Why?

One thing I will remember is that the ABC’s of behavior modification are antecedent, behavior, and consequence. This was written in the text several times, and it is also in the title of the textbook. I will also remember that the environment has a strong impact on our behavior, because I have learned that in other classes prior to this and it was also in the reading a few times. One final thing from the reading that I will remember when we control the antecedents and consequences we can control the behaviors. I will remember this because it’s interesting to me that we can manipulate behaviors, plus I have been introduced to this concept in a few other psychology classes.

Section 1.2:

4) What was one thing that you really liked that was in the section? Why?

While reading this section, there were a lot of concepts (positive/negative reinforcement, positive/negative valence, positive/negative punishment, etc.) that could get a little confusing. However, there were a lot of examples of each one and there were also breaks in the reading so we could practice using these concepts. That is what I liked best about this section of reading because it helped me understand things better.

5) What was one thing that you disliked (or liked least) that was in the section? Why?

While there were a lot of examples provided, the thing that I disliked the least was that there weren’t that many examples for the concept of negative reinforcement. It is a hard concept to grasp, so I was confused for a while about what it was about. I was having a hard time coming up with examples, so I had to reread that part multiple times and look up examples to help me better understand what negative reinforcement is.

6) What are three things you will remember from what you read in the section? Why?

One thing that I will remember from this section is that self-reinforcement occurs when the reinforcer is self-delivered. I will remember this concept because it is sort of self-explanatory and I have heard of it before in my motivation and emotion class. Another thing that I will remember is that if the consequence of a behavior is reinforcing, the future probability of the behavior occurring under the same circumstances will increase. This concept was explained well enough that I will easily remember it. A third thing that I will remember from the reading is that valence refers to the psychological value placed on a person, place, or thing. I have learned about this concept in other classes, so I will remember it from the reading.

7) Prior to reading these sections, what did you think about behavior modification? Why?

Prior to reading these sections, I thought that behavior modification was a lot more complicated than it actually is. I have learned about behaviors and why we do them in my motivation and emotion class, so I had an idea about why we do the things we do before this class, but I didn’t really know what modifying behaviors would entail. I thought it would be something that would be hard to understand.

8) How has reading these sections changed what you originally thought about behavior modification? How so?

After reading these sections, it appeared as though behavior modification is actually a lot simpler than I thought. Learning about the ABC’s helped simplify the subject quite a bit because I had never thought about manipulating behaviors by manipulating the antecedents (environments) and the consequences (outcomes).

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

Behavior modification, ABC’s, antecedent, behavior, consequence, positive, negative, punishment, valence, reinforcement, reinforcer, self-reinforcement

1 a&b) What was one thing that you really liked that was in the section? Why?
I really liked the boxes that you fill in, it really helps me to understand the information and I'm probably more likely to remember it. My favorite part of the section was thinking about my own behaviors because I was presented the information then asked to relate it to my life and I think that is really beneficial for me to remember the section and what it's about.

2) What was one thing that you disliked (or liked least) that was in the section? Why?
I disliked that I was unable to type my answers on the document before printing, other than that I did not dislike anything about the content in the section, it was pretty straight forward.

3 a,b&c) What are three things you will remember from what you read in the section? Why?
I will remember the ABCs of behavior modification being Antecedent, Behavior, Consequence because I was able to relate it to my life and write down the examples so I can reference back to it.

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

4 a&b) What was one thing that you really liked that was in the section? Why?
I liked the opportunity to write several examples, I also liked the reinforcement and punishment section because I could relate it to behaviors I see everyday.

5) What was one thing that you disliked (or liked least) that was in the section? Why?
I least liked the part about valence because it was a little confusing to me because it was a new term to define an everyday behavior that I encounter.

6 a,b&c) What are three things you will remember from what you read in the section? Why?
I will remember the reinforcements vs punishments and the valences because I got to write examples of all of them. The reinforcements can be both positive and negative along with punishment and valences is a new term but I understand the difference between positive and negative. (things we like vs things we don't)

7) Prior to reading these sections, what did you think about behavior modification? Why?
I just thought of behavior modification as reinforcements and punishments because that has all I have learned about in previous psych classes and that was all that was touched on when talking about previous behavior modification experiments.

8) How has reading these sections changed what you originally thought about behavior modification? How so?
Now I have learned more in detail about the ABCs along with Reinforcement and Punishments and I have now learned new material about Valence. It hasn't changed my understanding per-say but clarified it because I was allowed to give my own examples.

9) Once you are done with your post make list of the terms and terminology you used in your post.
Antecedent, Behavior, Consequence, Reinforcement, Punishment, Valence.

After reading section 1.1, please respond to the following questions.
1 a&b) What was one thing that you really liked that was in the section? Why?
I really liked how the ABC’s made behavior so much easier to understand. The way that this section broke down each piece, that you may not necessarily recognize each part of the ABCs but they are always there and contribute the behavior we see from others and ourselves.
2) What was one thing that you disliked (or liked least) that was in the section? Why?
This was a pretty short section, so there was nothing that really stuck out to me that I didn’t like. I thought the examples were good, but maybe a few more without the fill in your own answers would have been good, and maybe starting with some of the vocabulary instead of as the section went along would have been better, but everything was easy to understand and straight forward in this section.
3 a,b&c) What are three things you will remember from what you read in the section? Why?
I will remember the ABCs A= Antecedent, B= Behavior, C= Consequence. I will remember that every action is made up of these factors and changing one of these is behavior modification. Of course this is the most simple form of modification and changing behavior can become much more complicated than this, but the ABCs are the main stepping stones for explaining behavior. From this section I will remember to pay more attention to my surroundings and how my environment is making me act in a certain way that is acceptable. I will remember the examples used and how changing just one of the ABCs changes the whole thing from being at a party telling a joke and having people laugh to being at a funeral, telling a joke, and receiving dirty looks from everyone. There is a certain way to act in different settings and this has been learned because of the consequences or the reactions of others.
After reading section 1.2, please respond to the following questions.
4 a&b) What was one thing that you really liked that was in the section? Why?
I liked learning about natural reinforcement, that smiling or waving at someone will cause them to smile or wave back without thinking about it. I thought this was very interesting that we do these behaviors daily without realizing that it’s happening.
5) What was one thing that you disliked (or liked least) that was in the section? Why?
I dislike the terms reinforcement, reinforcer, reinforcing and punishment, punisher, punishing. I find it hard to keep these terms apart because it’s the same root words but they mean different things. I also didn’t like how many fill in the blank answer areas there were. I felt like there could be more explanation in areas instead of just jumping in to answer questions without a clear understanding.
6 a,b&c) What are three things you will remember from what you read in the section? Why?
I will remember the difference between reinforcement and punishment because these were continuously compared and contrasted throughout the section. I will remember natural reinforcement and natural punishment because I found it interesting that these actions are done without our conscious knowledge and they happen on a day to day basis. I will remember self reinforcement because without this there would be no personal success. Whether it be at work or in school or even just setting goals self reinforcement is what helps to make a person successful.
7) Prior to reading these sections, what did you think about behavior modification? Why?
I was not sure how to go about changing a behavior or how simple of a concept it really is. The break down of ABC made behavior and how behavior can be changed so much more simple to understand.
8) How has reading these sections changed what you originally thought about behavior modification? How so?
I don’t think that these readings have changed my thoughts on behavior modification but they have helped me to better understand the simple break down behind it.
9) Once you are done with your post make list of the terms and terminology you used in your post.
Terms: Antecedent, Behavior, Consequence, natural reinforcement, reinforcement, reinforcer, reinforcing, punishment, punisher, punishing, natural punishment, self-reinforcement

→ I enjoyed learning that behavior can be broken down to this simple format. I like it because it makes the human behaviors seem less complicated.
→ On the flip side of that I also didn’t like that it made it seem that our behaviors as humans aren’t more complicated. Every person strives to be different from another, and to just say hey no one is that complicated kind of crushes that for people. It takes away that sense of uniqueness. I also think that motivations for a certain behavior are more complicated; as well as, the certain situations. Very rarely do you end up in the exact same situation, there are always subtle differences.
-->There were multiple things that I found interesting and memorable. First off I will remember the ABC’s of antecedents, behavior, and consequences. I will mainly remember this because of how often it is repeated in the chapter, and it seems to be a main theme for the class. I will also remember that we want to make sure and say pleasurable and aversive, in place of positive or negative, when talking about consequences. A third thing I will remember from this section is how just knowing the situation, antecedents, can mean a large pool of possibilities of behaviors and consequences. Knowing just one other thing can make a difference in how a behavior is determined.
Section 1.2
→ One thing I like learning in this section was the difference between a punisher and a reinforcer. Too often I catch myself reinforcing a behavior in someone else, instead of punishing it.
→ One thing that I am disliking so far is all the different terms for positive and negative, I am confused as to when it is appropriate to use them and when it is more desired for us to use pleasurable and aversive.
→ I will remember the difference between a reinforcer and a punisher. I will also remember how to react if presented with an undesired behavior, by either reinforcing with a pleasurable valance, or punishing with an aversive valance. Lastly I know I will remember how taking away something can also be a negative punisher, and can be used to alter a behavior.
→ Before these sections I didn’t really understand all that much about why we change our behaviors, and why we do them. I understood that when we did something good as a kid, we were given a treat, and when we did something bad, we were often sent to time-out. This I thought however mostly stopped at a certain age.
8) How has reading these sections changed what you originally thought about behavior modification? How so?
→ Reading these sections has made me realise how easy it would be to alter a behavior in either myself or another. I can now see that it mostly involves a reward and a punishment system. Giving rewards to reinforce a desired behavior, and punish for aversive behaviors.
→ Reinforcer/Reinforcing, Punisher/punishing, Pleasurable/aversive valence, negative punisher, antecedents, behavior, consequences, pleasurable/aversive consequences

What was one thing that you really liked that was in the section? Why?
I really liked how it broke down each step of the ABC’s of behavior, and that it was easily understood. I also like how it pointed out that the ABC’s go unnoticed in our everyday life. At the end of the section it said how students often become uncomfortable when asked about manipulation, I liked how that was said because my response to the question about manipulation was very similar to that statement.

What was one thing that you disliked (or liked least) that was in the section? Why?
The only thing I disliked about this section was that antecedent was never really defined, and I had never heard that word before. I felt like I needed to understand that word before I could fully understand what was being taught.

What are three things you will remember from what you read in the section? Why?
Three things I will for sure remember from this section is the relationship the antecedent has with the consequence, the effect that consequences can have on behavior in the future, and the way that people manipulate behavior in their everyday lives. What I mean by the relationship antecedent has with consequences, is that the consequence doesn’t only depend on the behavior, but it varies with the antecedent as well. The effect that consequences can have on antecedents is basically a lesson learned. Using the example from the book, telling a joke at a funeral led to sour looks given by people around, which taught the person that when they’re at a funeral in the future, they shouldn’t tell jokes. I will especially remember the way that people manipulate behaviors on a daily basis because before, I had never thought of it in the way that the book explained it and it stuck out to me quite a bit.

What was one thing that you really liked that was in the section? Why?
I really liked the concept of self-reinforcement. I had never really thought about the impact you can have on yourself when you reinforce your behaviors, rather than relying on others to do it for you. In essence, self-reinforcement could be more beneficial for you than reinforcement coming from your peers, because your opinion of yourself should matter more than theirs.

What was one thing that you disliked (or liked least) that was in the section? Why?
There wasn’t really anything that I disliked from this section, however I didn’t like that it asked for us to come up with so many examples. I understand that we need practice in order to fully understand things, but it asked for just a few too many. I felt as if I was writing the same thing down over and over, just with different wording.

What are three things you will remember from what you read in the section? Why?
I will remember the concept of valence, as I had never heard of that before. I really liked the way it was explained. I will also remember that we are not supposed to use positive and negative when describing things, because in this type of study, those words are very specific to their meanings. Therefore, we should pleasurable and aversive instead. I also will remember that you can use desirable things for punishment, and aversive things for reinforcement because I liked the way that was explained in the book.

Prior to reading these sections, what did you think about behavior modification? Why?
I didn’t really think much of behavior modification, honestly. I don’t think that the idea or concept of behavior modification has ever even crossed my mind before starting this course.

How has reading these sections changed what you originally thought about behavior modification? How so?
Because I had never really thought about behavior modification before, reading these sections is helping build my understanding of the subject since my knowledge is so minimal. They clearly explained the starting concepts of behavior modification, which is also helping me steer clear of misunderstanding how behavior modification works.

Manipulation, antecedent, consequence, behavior, self-reinforcement, reinforce, valence, positive, negative, pleasurable, aversive, punishment, behavior modification.

After reading section 1.1, please respond to the following questions.
1 a&b) What was one thing that you really liked that was in the section? Why?: One thing that I really liked about this section was how easy it was to follow. I often times have difficulty following textbooks because they tend to be dense and wordy. I liked that this section was easy to read and understand and that it did a good job of relaying the necessary information to the reader. It was informative and very interesting to me.
2) What was one thing that you disliked (or liked least) that was in the section? Why?: One thing that I think I would have liked more was if the section had something like a word bank or a list of terms. I find that if I am able to read the key terms and definitions that will be in a section of text prior to reading it, I am better able to understand the section in question. Still, I thought that the section was really good.
3 a,b&c) What are three things you will remember from what you read in the section? Why?: The first thing that I will remember is the three steps or “ABC’s” of reinforcement. I think that I will also remember how important the antecedent is to the outcome of the behavior. I liked the example of telling a joke at a party as opposed to at a funeral. I think that is an example that will stick with me and help me to remember the importance and function of the antecedent. I also liked the section where it discussed that the ABC’s are not linear but they constantly rely on feedback. For example, if you tell a joke at a party and someone laughs, it will increase the likelihood that more jokes will be told at future parties.
After reading section 1.2, please respond to the following questions.
4 a&b) What was one thing that you really liked that was in the section? Why?: I really liked that this section clarified the differences between the various types of punishment and reinforcement. When I first took a psych class, I was really confused by the idea of positive punishment because I didn’t understand how punishment could be positive. I really like that this text broke it down and explained exactly what punishment means and the differences between positive and negative punishment.
I also liked that the same was done with the idea of reinforcement, because I think that the distinction between positive and negative can be quite confusing for some people.
5) What was one thing that you disliked (or liked least) that was in the section? Why? I honestly can’t really think of anything that I disliked about this section. I thought the information was given in an appropriate and easy to understand fashion. If I had to come up with something I would repeat my concerns with the previous section, that I think a word bank or list of terms would be beneficial.
6 a,b&c) What are three things you will remember from what you read in the section? Why? I think that one thing I will remember about this is the distinction between the noun verb and adjectives. The difference between the words reinforcement, reinforcer and reinforcing may seem miniscule, but I can certainly see now how confusing them could completely change the meaning of your sentence. I think that I will also remember that reinforcers can be naturally occurring. When I think of reinforcement, I usually think of someone intentionally reinforcing behavior. I didn’t really consider that we are reinforced all the time without even knowing it. I definitely thought that was interesting and worth remembering.
7) Prior to reading these sections, what did you think about behavior modification? Why? As I said before, prior to reading these two sections, I thought that behavior modification was always something that was done intentionally with a specific outcome in mind.
8) How has reading these sections changed what you originally thought about behavior modification? How so? These sections have made me see that often times behavior modification is done unknowingly and unintentionally and that it happens much more frequently than I thought at first.
9) Once you are done with your post make list of the terms and terminology you used in your post.
Terms: Behavior modification, negative reinforcement, reinforcement, reinforce, reinforcer,

1) I really liked the graphics in the section, it made it easy to understand and could see how it works out.
2)All the information was useful and easy to read so there wasn't really anything I didn't like.
3) I will remember the ABC model. I will remember how for every behavior we do there is an antecedent and consequence. I will also remember that with different antecedent there is a different consequence (see telling joke at funeral vs party)

1.2
4) This section give a lot of good examples but also give the reader a chance to give their own and be more involved in that.
5)It was sort of a more detail talk about the first section so some parts seem to be repeating themselves and driving points harder.
6) Reinforcement is used to increase the frequency of a behavior while punishment does the opposite of that. All behaviors have consequences even when we don't think so. Self-reinforcement is the self-delivery of a consequence following a particular behavior.
7) When i see the word behavioral modification, i think something is going to improve in a behavior.
8) After reading this, I have a better understanding of what it really is when a behavior happens and how the different circumstance changes the reaction or consequence from others.
9) Terms: Antecedent, Behavior, Consequence,reinforcement, punishment, and self-reinforcement.

1. I really liked how well it explained why a behavior happens, and what happens after a behavior occurs. It really gave me an insight on what is going to go on in this class and how we will learn about modifying a behavior.

2. There wasn't really anything that I extremely disliked about this section. The only thing that I would say I wish was different was maybe explaining whether or how much the antecedent has an effect on the consequence, or if it is completely the behavior all the time that has the only effect on the consequence. It kind of talked about this with telling the joke at a funeral example but I wish it would talk about it a little bit more.

3. One thing that I will remember from this section is definitely that the ABC's are the most important part of behavior modification because it was reiterated so well. Another thing I will remember is that a consequence depends on the behavior, but it can also be related to the antecedent. The last thing that I will remember is that we don't always realize in our every day life, that what's going on is a consequence to something we did because it is so automatic. This section did a very good job explaining the ABC's and the importance of them.

4. I really liked how well it explained the difference between the two, and the types of ways punishment and reinforcement can be given. This topic becomes confusing to me sometimes and I think that this section did a nice job explaining everything.

5. What I didn't like about this section was the self-reinforcement over punishment from others. This was the part int eh section where I started to get confused. I question whether what should be a punishment, but doesn't decrease the behavior because of the person themselves, is still considered a punishment. I would like this to be explained a little more.

6. One thing that I will remember about this section is again, how important the ABC's are and how reinforcement and punishment fits in to the ABC"s. I will remember this because again, it is very important in the world of behavior modification. I will also remember how punishment could be something desirable while reinforcement can involve something aversive because you wouldn't think this is the case. It got me to think and I will remember this because it seems weird to me. One last thing that I will remember is the term valence. I hadn't heard this term before and it seems important and pretty easy to remember.

7. Prior to reading these sections I wasn't 100% sure what behavior modifications was exactly about. I was kind of nervous that it would be something that was difficult for me to understand but after reading, so far it has all made decent sense. It has given me an over view on what is important in this class and I am excited to learn more.

8. It has changed what I originally thought because I am not as nervous that this class will be something that I don't understand. It will relate to life and the real world more than I thought as well, which will also make it easier for me.

9. Antecedent, consequence, self-reinforcement, valence, punishment, reinforcer, ABC's, and behavior.

Week #2 Reading Activity

I thought that learning you have the ability to governor a behavior by controlling the antecedents and knowing what the possible consequences could be. Knowing how to control a person’s behavior would be a nice thing to have when trying to improve someone’s bad mood.
I didn’t like the idea that it seems that all encounters with others are like a set script to live by. It seems like a boring way to look at life.
a. I will remember that for every behavior there is an antecedent and a consequence, and that is how is all the time. I thought this was interesting because I have never thought of it that way.
b. I thought it was interesting that the majority of our behaviors that we emit each day we are unaware of and that to me sounds somewhat scary.
c. I will remember that the antecedent directly affects the consequences, and that is a thing that is needed to know in many moments.
After reading section 1.2, please respond to the following questions.
I liked the example of using the reinforcing procedure to get your roommate to do the dishes because that has been a problem all year at the house I’m living at.
What I like least is the idea of valence and positive and negative valence. I don’t feel like we need to have a word/phrase for things so apparent.
a. I will remember when I should use punishment or reinforcement when teaching my children things when they are growing up.
b. I will remember that reinforcement increases the tendency for a behavior to occur because that is something that can be very useful in an everyday life.
c. I will remember that punishment can involve something desirable, which at first confused me.
I thought this class was going to be a boring class that we are required to take, but I was wrong, this class seems like we will learn a lot about ourselves and about others.
The readings made it clear that what will be learning in this class will be very applicable to real world situations. A lot of what I have already read, I could put to good use.
Antecedents, consequence, reinforcing procedure, valence, negative valence, positive valence, behavior, punishment, reinforcement

1. One thing that I really liked in this section was learning about how all of our behaviors can be explained by the ABCs, antecedent, behavior and consequences. I liked learning about this because its interesting to think that everything I do, all of the habits I have gotten myself into can be explained by this.

2. One thing I didn't enjoy learning was exactly how the antecedent, behavior and consequence directly affect each other. I didn't enjoy learning about this because it was a little confusing at first, after a little review however the correlation between the terms are clear now.

3. Three things I will remember from this section is how the antecedent and consequence controls the behavior, what a behavior class is and how many behaviors there really are in an average day, its amazing how many behaviors I can now observe understanding what to look for now.

4. One thing I liked learning in this section was the difference in reinforcement and punishment was. Reinforcements increase the likely hood of a behavior while the punishments decrease the likely hood of the behavior.

5. Something I did not like in this section was how they tried explaining the terms in verb, noun and adjective. It was a little confusing.

6. Three things I will remember from this section are how reinforcement and punishments affect a behavior, how every behavior has a consequence and how the valence is used to describe the pathological values on a person place or thing this can be positive or negative.

7. I thought behavior modification was as simple as changing a consequence to get a different behavior like slapping someone on the wrist when they do something bad.

8. Reading these sections informed me that there are different ways to change a behavior such as; positive punishment, negative punishment, positive reinforcement and negative reinforcement.

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Reinforcement
Punishment
Valence
Antecedent
Behavior
Consequences

1 a&b) One thing that I really liked about this section was how clear the information was. It was laid out in a simple and visual way, which made it a lot easier for me to understand. I also liked learning some new was to describe things that are positive/negative by using the words pleasurable/aversive.

2) My least favorite part of this section was that we were asked to give examples. I know this is an essential part of learning the material, but I often got frustrated with myself when I couldn't think of an example that I thought was "good enough" to write down, or I kept trying to write down a slightly modified of examples that had already been given. This is a personal problem, and there was really nothing about the text that I found to be aversive.

3 a,b&c) The first thing that I remember from this section is that the ABC's are not linear because it helped me understand the complexity of the relationship between antecedents and consequences. It is a really complex process, and as I have learned, it involves much more than just the ABC’s. There are several types of reinforcers and punishers, as well as schedules that may work better or worse to manipulate different target behaviors. The second thing that I remember is that the word "emitting" is useful for describing how someone carries out an action, it sounds way more sophisticated than "He did this" or "she acted like this" and is a word I will try to implement into my vocabulary. The third thing from this section that I remember is that similar behaviors have different functions. The example of how raising one's hand having different meanings really stood out to me because I had never thought about it like that before. After learning more about this, I know that actions which have the same purpose but look different are in the same functional class, while actions that are elicited with the same look but have different purposes are in the same topographical class.

4 a&b) One thing that I liked about this chapter was that even though I felt like I was reading a thick packet of paper, it didn't actually suck to read. Normally when I'm reading this many pages it's a journal article or a meta-analysis, and I felt like this was much more enjoyable to take notes on. I also liked the introduction of new vocabulary.

5) Again, my least favorite part of the section was giving examples. It's something I'm going to have to get used to and improve on to help learn the material better, so after this post I'm going to stop complaining about it.

6 a,b&c) The first thing that remember from this section was what a "naturally occurring punisher" is, because I had originally always thought of punishment as something that had to be deliberately done as a consequence. I never thought of punishment as "feeling cold" or "she smiles". I now know that punishment comes in all shapes in sizes and from many different people or things in our environment. The second thing I remember from this section is what the word Valence means. I've always understood the concept of it, but I never had the right word for it. Once again, I appreciate learning the new vocabulary. This word has been useful to describe how people feel about things, and whether a particular consequence has a positive or negative valence. The third thing I remember from this section is "Self-reinforcement" because prior to these readings I had always pictured reinforcement as something that had to be done onto another person. It makes complete sense, though. Overall, this chapter broadened my idea of what it was to elicit a consequence.

7) Prior to these readings, I thought about behavior modification in terms of positive/negative punishment or reinforcement. I learned about these things from previous psychology classes, but I had never discussed the ABC's of it before. I also never thought about Behavior Modification as "manipulation", because the word has such a negative connotation/valence.

8) The biggest changes that these reading implemented in my understanding of behavior modification is that I now know the terms and vocabulary that can be used to properly describe mod. I think that having the right words will help me be able to learn and explain the process better. I also have a much more broad understanding of what it means to reinforce or punish

9) Terms used-- Positive reinforcement, negative reinforcement, pleasurable, aversive, ABC's, antecedent, behavior, consequence, emitting, naturally occurring punishment, valence, self-reinforcement, schedules of reinforcement, functional class, topographical class, elicit

1 a&b ) One thing that I really liked that was in the section was how the ABCs are connected to each other. The antecedent affects the behavior, and the behavior affects the consequence. We can also control the consequence depending on whether it is aversive or desirable. I like this part because I think that it is common sense. For a behavior to occur, you need an antecedent, and when a behavior occurs, the consequence occurs.

2 ) There was nothing that I disliked about the section because all the examples were very helpful and they explains how the antecedent, behavior, and consequence affect each other.

3 )
a. I will remember that ABC stands for antecedent, behavior, and consequence. Because this is the basics of behavior modification and I think it is important to know them.
b. I will remember the antecedent can elicit different consequences even if the behaviors are similar. For example, A = 1o’clock in the morning, B = knocking on the room door, C = getting scolded by parents, is different from, A = 1o’clock in the afternoon, B = knocking on the room door, C = parents open the door. I think it is important to know how the ABCs affect each other.
c. I will remember the difference between emit and elicit. Emit means to ‘do’ a behavior, and elicit means to ‘make’ a behavior occur. I think up until this week of classes, the definition and difference between these two should already be tattooed in my mind.

4 a&b ) What I liked about this section was how the two contingencies were properly defined and explained. I like how the definition of punishment was given and then there were many different examples to explain it. And this is the same for reinforcement. I think this section is very organized and it helps me understand better the differences between reinforcement and punishment.

5 ) One thing that I disliked that was in this section was how positive valence and negative valence popped out in between the section. I understand the definition of the both of them, however i do not know how they fit in to this section.

6 )
a. I will remember that reinforcement is a procedure used to increase the frequency of a behavior. Because after reading this section, I have understood the concept of it.
b. I will remember that punishment is a procedure used to decrease the frequency of a behavior. I think this is something that we do in our daily lives and we would notice it if we observe closely.
c. I will remember that reinforcement and punishment can involve something aversive and desirable. For example, a reinforcement that involves something aversive would be taking away the toys to increase the behavior of eating at the table.

7 ) Honestly, before taking this class, i never really thought about what this class would be like. The only thing I knew about this class was modifying behavior.

8 ) Reading these sections have really helped me understand more about behaviors. How to increase the frequency of a behavior or how to decrease the frequency of a behavior. Prior to taking this class, I wouldn’t have thought of anything about reinforcing or punishing a behavior. But after taking this class, everything makes a lot more sense.

9 ) Antecedent, behavior, consequence, aversive, desirable, emit, elicit, contingencies, reinforcement, punishment, positive valence, negative valence.

Megan Hasley
After reading section 1.1, please respond to the following questions.
1) What did you find interesting in the section? Why?
I thought it was really interesting to see how the ABC’s work to actually change behavior. I thought that creating my own scenarios was a good way to learn the difference between the terms and how they impact each other. I also thought it was interesting to see how changing the behavior can cause such drastic changes in the consequences.
2) What did you find least interesting? Why?
I thought it was really helpful to do a lot of fill in the blanks for the ABC’s, but after doing several sets of three it started to get repetitive. I think it was still helpful, but it was just not as interesting after doing it several times.
3) How does the section relate to what you already knew/learned previously?
Note: This can be from previous chapters or from other classes, etc.
I have never studied behavior modification in depth before, so I thought this chapter and all of its terms were very interesting. I liked learning about the ABC’s and putting them into scenarios.
4) Based on what you read from this section, what are two things that relate to your life? How so?
The ABC’s relate to my life because I am constantly going through this cycle. With any action I do the consequence stems from the behavior that came from the antecedent. Another thing from this section that I think relates to my life is the way that I emit behaviors. I was asked to write down and fill out the ABC’s for three behaviors that I had emitted today.
After reading section 1.2, please respond to the following questions.
5) What did you find interesting in the section? Why?
Overall I think the most interesting thing was self-reinforcement. I think I reinforce myself frequently to believe that I am funny.
6) What did you find least interesting? Why?
I thought the valences were the least interesting thing because the concept was pretty simple and straightforward. It wasn’t that they were not interesting, but if I had to pick something I think it would be the valences. There just was not as much material on the terms.
7) How does the section relate to what you already knew/learned previously?
Note: This can be from previous chapters or from other classes, etc.
I had never learned about behavior modification while referring to things as aversive or desirable instead of positive and negative. I thought it was interesting to learn how to say it correctly. I do not have any in depth knowledge of behavior modification, but I have studied it in small amounts in other psychology classes.
8) Based on what you read from this section, what are two things that relate to your life? How so?
I think that punishments and reinforcements relate to my life because I use those concepts frequently. Any time I want someone to do something for the first time, or more often I try to use reinforcements. If the reinforcements do not work I switch to punishments. I think that self-reinforcement is also really prevalent because I realized that I reinforce myself more frequently than I thought. Before today I had never thought about how I reinforce myself to believe that I am funny, or to perform certain tasks.
9) How has reading these sections influenced what you originally thought about behavior modification? How so?
I have previously learned about reinforcements and punishments and how they can be used to alter behavior. I try to use that logic when I am asking my brother to do something, or if I want him to repeat the behavior in the future.
10) Once you are done with your post make list of the terms and terminology you used in your post and put them at the bottom of your post.
Terms: reinforcement, punishment, aversive, desirable, self-reinforcement, valences, antecedent, behavior, consequence

1.1

1) What did you find interesting in the section? Why?
What I found most interesting in the section was realizing that we emit certain behaviors every day that have a antecedent and consequence. I found this interesting because I didn't realize how true it is that we emit behaviors that call for certain consequences. I also found it interesting that we look at behaviors that are aversive and pleasurable because when we set the occasion, it is very true that the consequence depends on that certain occasion. My favorite example was when you set the occasion (antecendent) to A Party and you tell a joke, most people receive a pleasurable consequence like a laugh. But if the occasion (antecedent) was A Funeral and tell a joke, you are more likely to receive an aversive consequence like a sour look.

2) What did you find least interesting? Why?
The only things that I had trouble with was trying to get used to the vocabulary words. I do like that you have in parentheses what they mean continuously through out the chapter, but I feel like I would have to write down every vocabulary word in my notebook to make sure I was using the correct word in my blogs/comments. Also, I loved that the examples were somewhat simple, but I found it sometimes hard to think of examples to fill in because I wasn't sure if the answers I had were good enough or if they fit in each category correctly.

3) How does the section relate to what you already knew/learned previously?
This chapter relates a lot to my intro to psych class and other classes that I have taken because we learn that certain behaviors that we emit can cause pleasurable or aversive in certain antecedents. Although, I believe when I learned it, it was used as positive and negative reactions. I also remember learning that the environment that we are currently in can elicit certain behaviors.

4) Based on what you read from this section, what are two things that relate to your life? How so?
One thing that relates to my life are having consequences for your "actions." While reading this chapter, I thought of how when I was younger, I was told to think before you do (emit) because everything has a consequence. Little did I know that it was true! The second thing that relates to my life is constantly living in the ABC's without knowing it. But now that I know about them more in depth, I sometimes find myself setting the Antecedents, Behavior and Consequence in my head and kind of get an answer at the end. Not sure if that makes much sense to others, but it does to me!

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

5) What did you find interesting in the section? Why?
What I found interesting in the section is learning about reinforcement and punishment. I found this interesting because I feel like I will be using these tactics on my children in the future. I will be thinking about how our behaviors lead to consequences that may lead to a punishment or a reinforcement. I also found interesting that we emit these behaviors like normal every day just like the ABC's with out noticing! Now that I think of it, I am mind blown on how true this reading is. I just love knowing why we behave and how we behave.

6) What did you find least interesting? Why?
What I found least interesting was that the examples were hard to fill out because you're not sure if you are using the reinforcer and punisher correctly. I wish this was an online pop up example question where you can chose out of several answers and it would tell you whether you are right or wrong. Which I know defeats the purpose of doing the Friday assignments for online students only but I feel like my head was thrown so many vocabulary words and it was just hard to take in all at once. I also didn't like the example that asked "give three examples of punishment involving something that is ordinarily pleasurable" because by that point I was like "huh?"

7) How does the section relate to what you already knew/learned previously?
In previous psych classes I learned about punishment and reinforcement. And that reinforcement was used to increase the frequency of a behavior and that punishment was used to decrease the frequency of a behavior. I learned more about this in my developmental psych class when we were learning about behaviors that teenagers and young adults emit. But I have never learned of these terms in the BMOD way so the way we look at it now, is a little different.

8) Based on what you read from this section, what are two things that relate to your life? How so?
In my life I feel like I use punishment and reinforcement quite often. For example, if I tend to procrastinate on studying, I punish myself by not letting myself watch netflix for a night so I can catch up on studying. This punishment decreased the frequency of me procrastinating because I knew I really wanted to watch an episode of Grey's Anatomy. Which feels like I kind of manipulate myself in some way. I also use reinforcement a lot in my life. Once I read this chapter I realized that I smile at people all the time expecting a smile back. When I do, it makes me feel great that others acknowledge me (praise) so I continue to do it. Also, when I clean my house, I am always told I do a great job and that it always feels better once it's done. When I receive that compliment it feels like a pat on the back and it increases my likelihood of doing it again.

9) How has reading these sections influenced what you originally thought about behavior modification? How so?
These sections put into perspective what we are really going to be learning in this course. I was not sure what to expect in this class. All I knew was that we would possibly be learning how our behaviors impact us, our world and others around us. I figured that behavior modification would be simple to understand but after reading the first two sections, it really makes you think.

10) Emit, Behavior, Antecedent, Consequence, Aversive, Pleasurable, Modification, Praise, Elicit, Manipulate, Reinforcement, Reinforcer, Punishment, Punisher, Environment, ABC's, Behavior Modification

1) What did you find interesting in the section? Why?
What I found that was most interesting would be our environment greatly changes our behavior and therefore the consequences that come with it. Depending on our environment we can elicit or emit a behavior that is pleasurable or aversive.

2) What did you find least interesting? Why?
What I thought was least interesting is the part where it talks about behaviors always having consequences. I already knew this information from previous classes so it was the least interesting part to read.

3) How does the section relate to what you already knew/learned previously?
From previous psychology classes I have taken I learned that behaviors always have consequences and that the environment, people around us, and ourselves control our behavior and how it shapes the consequences.

4) Based on what you read from this section, what are two things that relate to your life? How so?
One thing from this section that relates to my life would be all of my behaviors have consequences whether they are pleasurable or aversive. I go through life making decisions everyday about how I’m going to behave and everything has a consequence. A second thing that relates to my life is the antecedent is a huge factor for my behavior. In certain places like school or work I behave differently and the consequences of those behaviors are different.

After reading section 1.2, please respond to the following questions.
5) What did you find interesting in the section? Why?
What I found interesting in this section would be the self-reinforcement. I always thought of reinforcement as other people giving you the praise and not yourself so this part really stuck out to me because I have never learned about this before.

6) What did you find least interesting? Why?
What I found that was least interesting was punishment could be desirable and reinforcement could be aversive. It got confusing and was hard to understand with the other reinforcement and punishment terms.

7) How does the section relate to what you already knew/learned previously?
Through other psychology classes I have taken I already knew about reinforcement and punishment but this class described the terms in more detail and gave way more examples. The topic of reinforcement and punishment was greatly expanded and covered way more subjects than my previous classes.

8) Based on what you read from this section, what are two things that relate to your life? How so?
One thing that relates to my life is I use reinforcement and punishment everyday even without knowing I’m doing it and people are also doing it to me. I’m constantly smiling so I’m using reinforcement when people smile back at me and vise versa. Another example is teachers use reinforcement and punishment through grades and my parents used it through grounding and getting stuff taken away or rewards such as a gift.

9) How has reading these sections influenced what you originally thought about behavior modification? How so?
I always knew that others influenced how we behave but I didn’t know how much so with reinforcement and punishment. Through this they change our behavior whether for the good or bad but we also influence others and can change their behavior.

10) Once you are done with your post make list of the terms and terminology you used in your post and put them at the bottom of your post.
Elicit, emit, consequence, pleasurable, aversive, aversive, antecedent, reinforcement, punishment, self-reinforcement

1) I found the idea of the ABCs really interesting. It makes learning the building blocks of behavior modification a lot easier. I had never thought of how much the ABCs are used in everyday life, and this section made that easy to learn. I knew that behavior related to consequences, but I had never thought about how antecedents played such a large role. I also liked that all of the vocabulary that was needed was italicized or put in parentheses.
2) I wasn’t too thrilled that the examples used were things that I typically think of on my own. They were also kind of easy examples, and it made it difficult to think of others. I feel like if the examples were a little more complex, it would really force me to think about the material and maybe retain it more.
3) The reading obviously relates to real life, and it is something that we use everyday without even realizing it. I knew that every action has a consequence; I think they try to teach you that in elementary school. I have taken a couple courses that have described the same stuff before, but they do not go into as much detail.
4) The ABCs relate in that it is constantly apart of everyone’s life. I couldn’t help but think about how like when I was living at home, and I refused to put my laundry away, there was always some sort of consequence that was supposed to get me to start putting my clothes away. (It didn’t always work.) It also relates to me in that I am always trying to manipulate the way that my cats behave. I want the behavior that they emit to be only what I them to emit and knowing the ABCs might help.
5) I found it interesting that the instead of using the terms positive and negative, the words desirable or aversive were used. It makes it a lot easier to understand. I had always used the terms positive and negative reinforcement, and I think I have always thought of them the wrong way. I got them confused and thought of negative reinforcement as a punishment, so using these other terms was very helpful.
6) The examples were hard to fill out because I was confused on what a good example would be. When I was writing them down in my notebook, I felt myself crossing out my answer a lot, especially with the box dealing with reinforcement involving something aversive.
7) I had talked about reinforcement and punishment a little bit in other classes, but I think because they weren’t behavior classes, they didn’t really get as in depth. It was basically just a gloss over so we knew the term.
8) We use reinforcement and punishment everyday. I work customer service so I know that sometimes all it takes is a smile when you are working with an upset person. On the other hand, when my roommate used to leave me angry notes, I knew that I probably shouldn’t do what they were mad about again. Even though we don’t really think about it, we use reinforcement and punishment everyday.
9) This was much more in-depth than what I have learned in my other classes, and although it didn’t change my idea of behavior modification at all, it did make me look at it at a little deeper than I had before. Behavior modification is definitely more complex than I thought.
10) ABCs, Behavior, Consequence, Antecedent, Manipulate, Emit, Desirable, Aversive, Positive Reinforcement, Negative Reinforcement, Punishment

1. I found the topic of the antecedent most interesting in general because it is often not thought about. The examples used (such as telling a joke at a funeral being unacceptable) really kick started a train of thought for me. I don’t think that it is often thought about unless we do something in an unacceptable environment where it is pointed out that it was the wrong time to say/do that.

2. I honestly couldn’t find anything that I thought was uninteresting because the whole concept of the “ABC’s” was new to me. All the examples used and different ways of explaining only helped me understand better which I thought was interesting.

3. This idea related to an earlier class of mine, developmental psychology, but on a much smaller scale. In my previous class, we were shown how actions and consequences in childhood influence our actions as adults, but it was cool to see it on a smaller scale.

4. The topic of the antecedent surprisingly related to my life in a round about way through a cousin of mine who was diagnosed with Asperger’s. For him, the antecedent is not obvious to him, so he often does things that aren’t appropriate for the situation. When his parents try to explain why he says “weird” things to other people, many don’t understand how he couldn’t know that it is wrong to tell a joke at a funeral. For him, he is just trying to be friendly/start a conversation. Another part that relates to my life is the thought that “behaviors exist in the environment they’re in”. This was an idea stated in this section and I believe for some, it can be true. An example for my life would be specifically my boyfriend, who is often much nicer to me in front of my parents than he would be in front of his friends.

5. I found the examples interesting because people often don’t see something as simple as hitting the wall to punish your roommate for playing music too loud, but to the roommate it is still a adverse stimulus, making it a punishment.

6. I didn’t really think anything was uninteresting in these two sections, except I am already pretty familiar with the terms “Reinforcement” and “Punishment” from earlier psychology classes. It wasn’t as interesting to read through because of that, but it was a nice review.

7. The section over reinforcement and punishment related to what I already knew in many different ways. One being from my psychology of personality classes when we discussed different parenting styles. Many times when a child behaves well, parents use reinforcement such as praise to let the child know that what they did is good- making them want to do that behavior again. Punishment when a child is bad, such as taking away their toys if they’re using it to hit their sister, will show the child that they shouldn’t do that action again.

8. One way this related to my life is trying to help potty train my niece when I watch her. When she tells us she has to go and uses the potty she is praised and sometimes given a cookie or something, which makes her want to keep preforming that action. Another way is when my boyfriend does something I don’t like, like changing the channel when I was watching tv, the look I give him makes him realize what he did wrong. The reaction acts as a punishment.

9. I think these two sections supported what I already thought about the class because we are discussing the “bigger picture” on why people behave the way they do

10. Terms used: antecedent, behavior, consequence, aversive, reinforcement, punishment, environment

1) What did you find interesting in the section? Why?
I found the part about breaking down behavior modification into ABC’s very interesting. I had never thought about behavior in this way before, and now knowing how it can be broken down I can pay more attention to how the situation is set and the feedback loop in the relationship. I can start to pay attention to it in everyday life. It makes sense that it’s all on a loop and not just linear because nothing in the real world is ever that way. I also really enjoyed all the examples given; they were very helpful in both sections and having to think about them on my own helped them make even more sense. Another thing I found interesting was the way the term consequence was used in this section. In most areas, a consequence is used to refer to an outcome that is bad, but here it means just an outcome in general.
2) What did you find least interesting? Why?
There wasn’t anything in this section that didn’t interest me. I enjoyed reading about how all the different terms in used in behavior modification and how one thing relates to another.
3) How does the section relate to what you already knew/learned previously?
Note: This can be from previous chapters or from other classes, etc.
One thing I did already know was about how the environment can have a strong impact on behavior. We act in different ways depending on whom or what is around us. However, like I mentioned above, I hadn’t thought to break down the behavior in the form of ABC’s to determine what the consequence of certain behaviors will be, depending on our environment. I also knew that depending on our behavior, there is always an outcome, or in this case, consequence from how we decide to act.
4) Based on what you read from this section, what are two things that relate to your life? How so?
One thing that relates to my life is the feedback loop of the ABC’s. Without realizing it, I use the ABC’s every day. By behavior is dependent on my environment, and the consequence depends on the behavior. I cycle through it all multiple times a day. Now it’s something I can pay more notice to.
Another thing that relates to my life is how I respond to aversive and pleasurable outcomes. When I emit a certain behavior and have a pleasurable outcome, I usually repeat that behavior. But when an outcome is aversive I definitely try to avoid having that happen again.
After reading section 1.2, please respond to the following questions.
5) What did you find interesting in the section? Why?
I found the use of the term valance very interesting. Until it was pointed out, I hadn’t given much thought to how we place psychological value on people, places, or things. I had always just thought of certain things as “meaning a lot to me,” but now that I know about valance I will probably give more thought into why certain things “mean more.”
Another thing I found very interesting was how some punishments involve removing something that’s usually pleasurable. Negative punishment is taking away something good so we stop the bad behavior. Negative reinforcement was also a different concept that I found fascinating.
6) What did you find least interesting? Why?
Again, I found this section very fascinating to read. Even though I knew some terms and their uses, I still enjoyed reading up on them again.
7) How does the section relate to what you already knew/learned previously?
Note: This can be from previous chapters or from other classes, etc.
I had previously learned about the verb, noun, and adjective parts of reinforce and punish and the different meanings they have. I knew that reinforcement is used to increase a behavior, whereas punishment is used to decrease the frequency of a behavior.
8) Based on what you read from this section, what are two things that relate to your life? How so?
One thing that relates to my life from this section is that reinforcement is used to increase the frequency of a behavior, and punishment decreases it. I use that in my life when I’m trying to make a change. One such example is sitting down and doing my homework in the afternoon instead of getting on social media and wasting time. To increase that behavior I use the reinforcement of allowing myself to get on social media after I’ve worked for a while. If I don’t work on things then I use punishment and don’t allow myself to use it.
Another thing that relates is the desirable and undesirable valence I place on certain people, places, or things. Some things I definitely find more desirable, so I’m more like to engage in a behavior that will result in that consequence. If I don’t like something very much, I’m going to avoid the behavior that resulted in that undesirable thing.
9) How has reading these sections influenced what you originally thought about behavior modification? How so?
These sections have made me more interested in behavior modification. I didn’t really know what to expect from the course or even what it was about, but now I have a more positive view on the course. I’m interested in what we’ve read about so far and actually don’t dread what else we’ll cover.
10) Once you are done with your post make list of the terms and terminology you used in your post and put them at the bottom of your post.
Terms: valance, desirable, undesirable, reinforcement, punishment, negative reinforcement, negative punishment, feedback loop, aversive, consequence, pleasurable

1.1.
1) One of the first things that really caught my eye in this section was the example of telling a joke. When the antecedent was at a party it wasn’t a big deal, but when the antecedent was at a funeral the entire context changed. The behavior was always telling a joke but the consequence changed dramatically from people laughing to people giving a sour look. I think that this is a great example of how important the antecedent really is and how it can change the overall consequence. I also found it interesting that after a behavior is emit the antecedent and consequence happens just because of this behavior. These were great examples of the ABC’s and really made them interesting and informational to learn.

2) My least favorite thing in this chapter was talking about the manipulation aspect. I think this is because I have always viewed manipulation as a bad thing and now that I am reading about it being a good thing I find it a bit hard to comprehend.

3) In this section, a large portion of it is spent on how behaviors elicit a consequence. I think that this is something we all know to be true. The thing we don’t think about to be involved is the antecedent although this is technically the first thing that happens. In this section, it is also discussed that environments are often the control of our behavior. I find this to be very true because as the examples in the chapter discussed depending on the environment (funeral or party) can make all the difference of the behavior expected.

4) The ABC’s relate to everyday life because it is constantly something that you can’t get away from. Weather you realize you are using the ABC’s or not, we all use them day in and day out. Another way this section relates is how I emit behaviors.

1.2
5) One of the interesting things that I noticed in this section was that punishment doesn’t always have to involve something negative as we often imagine it to be. Also vice versa, reinforcement doesn’t always involve a positive outcome.

6) I had a hard time coming up with something that was uninteresting to me. The only topic I got a bit bored with was the reinforcement and punishment just because I have previously learned about these definitions in other classes.

7) This was kind of covered in my last question, but I knew a lot about the punishment and reinforcement topic before I had read this section. I didn’t know what valence or aversive was before this chapter and they were both fully explained and made very clear throughout the section.

8) A part of this section that relates to my life is the reinforcement. When I was in athletics, anytime you did well in a tournament you got a trophy or metal which is an example of positive reinforcement. Another part of this section is punishment. When you are running the bases in softball but don’t make it to third in time and get called out that is a negative punishment.

9) After reading these sections they have made me want to know more about behavior modification. When I first entered the class I didn’t know what to expect but now that I have started to learn, I want to know so much more about what it has to offer.

10) Antecedent, consequence, behavior, punishment, emit, elicit, environment, manipulate, valence, and aversive.

1) What did you find interesting in the section? Why?

I thought the ABCs were a really simple and effective way of explaining an idea that has been applied all of my life. I have been thinking about consequences of behavior all my life in decision making but have not thought about it scientifically.

2) What did you find least interesting? Why?

I thought the situations and examples became to much and the reading became pretty redundant as the reading was interesting but perhaps overdid it.

3) How does the section relate to what you already knew/learned previously?
Note: This can be from previous chapters or from other classes, etc.

We are talking about the ABCs in my Psychology of personality class. We are talking about Skinner's theories and his school of thought in psychology.

4) Based on what you read from this section, what are two things that relate to your life? How so?

It leads to understanding of how socialization and culture can leads to behaviors in certain situations. For example in some cultures you might have very somber funerals where fun or joking might have bad consequences and others there could be dancing and fun that is allowed and is more celebratory because that behavior in encouraged and accepted.

An understanding of how environment has an effect on people can really empathize with people and see their point of view better

I will probably use reinforcement when raising my kids because it is an effective way to rear behavior and teach them that is right and wrong.

5) What did you find interesting in the section? Why?

Valence was as new term for me in this section and I thought it was interesting to reading about how humans put value in different things and how many things can have value to them and it varies between people

6) What did you find least interesting? Why?

I thought the reinforcement section was boring and lasted too long. I felt i understood it fairly quickly and most of the section left unneeded for me to read.

7) How does the section relate to what you already knew/learned previously?
Note: This can be from previous chapters or from other classes, etc.

We have talked about punishment and reinforcement in my intro class and my social psychology classes.

8) Based on what you read from this section, what are two things that relate to your life? How so?

I will probably use reinforcement when raising my kids because it is an effective way to rear behavior and teach them that is right and wrong.

Valence explain how people like or don't like certain things and I think you can use that when trying to negotiate or try to market to or persuade people.

9) How has reading these sections influenced what you originally thought about behavior modification? How so?

It has made me realize that things that were vague and not recognized by me specifically are actually very thought-out concepts and made me understand them better.

10) Once you are done with your post make list of the terms and terminology you used in your post and put them at the bottom of your post.

ABC's, Valence, Punishment, Reinforcement, environment, consequences, antecedents

AAW
Week 2 assignment: Chapter 1.1 and 1.2
1) What did you find interesting in the section? Why?
I found it interesting that the book mentions that you do not need to know about the ABC’s in order to manipulate someone. I think that it is interesting that manipulation of a person is so second nature to people. I thought I would learn how to manipulate behavior, but it seems I have already started and just didn’t know. I also found it interesting that the antecedent is truly an important part of the ABC’s if the location of where the behavior is not acceptable can change a scenario drastically compared to if the behavior was at an acceptable place. We as people are surrounded by our environment and to know a simple place can change your behavior is fascinating.

2) What did you find least interesting? Why?
I thought the whole Chapter 1.1 was very interesting information. However, after reading the first half of the section I felt like I understood what the material was stating and that there was quite a bit of repetition. I feel like a person could think that there is nothing interesting unless they do not find the chapter interesting. The whole chapter is how the ABC’s influence each other and how one change in any of the ABC’s can change the whole outcome. A small change could make a drastic change in either a pleasurable or aversive way.

3) How does the section relate to what you already knew/learned previously?
Note: This can be from previous chapters or from other classes, etc.
From my introduction to psychology we talked briefly about the ABC’s and what they stood for, A= antecedent, B= behavior, and C= consequence. That was the only thing that I had learned in school, but without the knowledge of another I feel like I knew more about the ABC’s through my own experience in life.

4) Based on what you read from this section, what are two things that relate to your life? How so?
The two things that relate to my life that I read from this section are the environments effects on me and the antecedent. Even before starting this class or knowing anything about the ABC’s I would notice how the environment would change a behavior of an individual. I had a harder time noticing how I acted compared to others. People that I would know would be quite and calm during class time, but on the weekends would be loud an obnoxious. I always wondered how people could behave so differently just in another setting, but after the reading makes sense with the antecedent and consequence. The antecedent has been a struggling factor for me with some of my behaviors. I am a very opinionated person and individualized. I am not keen on following the norms of society, but with the consequences of certain behaviors in certain areas it is hard not to conform to the norms of society.
After reading section 1.2, please respond to the following questions.

5) What did you find interesting in the section? Why?
I found that if you want someone to do more of something negative reinforcement will actually decrease the behavior. I had no idea that there were nouns, verbs, and adjectives for reinforce and punishment. I also did not know that during the ABC’s is that people are measuring the probability of something happening or happening again. I never looked at other extremes of punishment that are not human being as being a punisher. For example, the book mentions the cold weather outside is a punishment for not be dressed for the weather. I lastly thought that self-reinforcement was an interesting area. When people think about reinforcement they think about someone else doing the enforcing. I never thought about reinforcing myself.

6) What did you find least interesting? Why?
I did not find that we have words for unpleasant and pleasant things being negative valence and positive valence. I feel like it is pointless to come up with more words that mean the same thing. Our society has provided us with many words and most of the time they mean the same thing. It would be adequate to just have the same word instead of coming up with another word meaning the same thing.

7) How does the section relate to what you already knew/learned previously?
Note: This can be from previous chapters or from other classes, etc.
In this section it added on to the idea of the basic ABC’s. Before in chapter 1.1 we learned how the ABC’s worked with their antecedent, behavior, and consequence. In this chapter they expanded on that idea to discuss the probability of something happening when the ABC’s are applied. They focused on the consequences that people deal with and the way things can influence our behavior.

8) Based on what you read from this section, what are two things that relate to your life? How so?
In coaching I did not notice till reading through this chapter, but that coaches use reinforcements to get their athletes to finish difficult sets. I coach swimming and every year we have a set where it is constant swimming for 2 hours. That might sound easy to some people, but there are sets and times though that swimmers need to meet. To get the swimmers through this rough set we provide them with prizes at the end for those that kept up with the times provided and also food afterwards. The swimmers almost always finish the set with their given times. Another thing that I noticed applies to my life is the self-reinforcement with getting my school work done. After each exam that I have I go out and celebrate if I got a B or higher. If not then I start my next chapters for the class to make sure my next test does not go the same way. I am reinforcing myself to get good grades and reward myself for a good job done or punish myself for failing.

9) How has reading these sections influenced what you originally thought about behavior modification? How so?
I originally thought that behavior was just focused on how people can manipulate others. However, there is much more to behavior modification that I think many people are oblivious too. I think most people do not think about the factors of weather or any element that is not a person. Along with a person not realizing that they are reinforcing themselves through their lives. I think if people would know more about behavior modification people could improve their lives, but could also destroy it. I also, thought that behavior modification was to work to someone’s advantage, but as I stated above someone can use it to modify their life to be more productive or anything. Behavior modification seems to be a more useful in our lives then I thought it to be.
10) Once you are done with your post make list of the terms and terminology you used in your post and put them at the bottom of your post.
Terminology: ABC’s, antecedent, behavior, consequence, pleasurable, aversive, negative reinforcement, valence, ordinarily pleasurable, and ordinarily aversive.

1. I found the whole concept of the ABC’s of behavior interesting. I liked how you could set up the Antecedent, Behavior, and Consequence and figure out the outcomes of each when you have only select information. It was more difficult to figure out the antecedent than it was to figure out the behavior and consequence. I thought it was interesting how when the antecedent changes and the behavior are kept the same but the consequence will change as well. Such as the example of being at a party, telling a joke, and people laugh, but when you change the fact that you’re at a funeral instead of a party then the consequence will change and people will give you a sour look. The breakdown of the ABC’s is a great way to learn how the process works and how it is all interconnected.
2. I really did not find anything about the section that I did not like. I thought it was all really relevant to the section. I saw that some of the other students did not like the examples given but I personally think that the simple examples helped me understand the concepts because they are new to me so if he used more intricate examples I would have been confused.
3. Since I have no knowledge about this specific class I will take what I know from previous classes. However, from just general knowledge I know that the behaviors you do will affect the consequences after the behaviors. We also use this every day in every situation so much so that we do not even recognize this process.
4. Two things that I read from this section that I can relate to life is the whole process of how behaviors directly affect our consequences. We all go through this constantly on a daily basis such as when I keep putting off going running and eventually and then have to run in the dark and I get nervous. Another way that I can relate this to my life is situations such as when I am doing homework, I sometimes will take a quiz and not read my book beforehand and I still receive a good grade, however sometimes that will backfire on me and if I do not read then I will do poorly and wish I would have read instead of being lazy.
5. I found this section much more interesting than the first section because it expanded more on the ABC’s and it focused more on reinforcement and punishment. Obviously just like the ABC’s we use reinforcements and punishments unknowingly every day. However, we are much more aware when we consciously reinforce or punish a behavior. We do it to manipulate others into doing a certain behavior that we like or dislike. Also I did not know the terms positive and negative valence. Positive valence is qualities which are pleasant, desirable, or attracting. Negative valence is qualities which are unpleasant, undesirable, or aversive. My favorite part of the section was about self-reinforcement because it is something that I have to do at times to give be the ability to continue doing something that is hard for me sometimes such as working out. I found it interesting that there was a naturally occurring reinforcement and punishment and a reinforcement and punishment procedure.
6. The thing that I found least interesting was the fact that the section repeated itself many times which I know is to get it in our minds but it was very repetitive. I wished that there had been a few more examples instead of fill in the blank so I could see more of the process than the trying to do it myself.
7. This section relates to what I already know and learned previously because the section before just discussed the basics of the ABC’s and this is just building on that foundation. I did not think about the fact that we have reinforcement and punishment procedure and a reinforcement and punishment that naturally occur although we do them without thinking. From the previous section we learned that the ABC’s is not a linear process and that is something that continues into this section as well.
8. How I can relate this to my life is in the instance of moving out of my home with my parents and living with roommates in my apartment. I am sure everyone had probably gone through the situation of living with people that do not exactly have the same attitudes about cleanliness as you. I however am an extremely clean person and dirty dishes that are left in the sink are my downfall. So my roommates do not like to clean their dishes and leave them there so instead of cleaning them for them I started to leave them in the sink specifically so they would have to clean them themselves. I was trying to use a punishment procedure by leaving them in there because it was aversive for them to see all their dirty dishes! Another way that I can relate this to my life is trying to train my dogs. I set up a bell for my dogs to ring when they need to be let out to use the bathroom and when they ring the bell they get let out and praise. Ever since they were puppies they learned this and they were constantly reinforced for doing the behavior of ringing the bell (instead of scratching the door or barking) and then they are let out and praised for doing what they should.
9. These reading sections have influenced what I originally thought of behavior modification by giving me the basic knowledge of the ABC’s and how basic behaviors and consequences are acted out. Thinking specifically about simple behaviors have helped me gain a basic understanding and building on that reinforcement and punishment were introduced to this process as well.
10. ABC’s, antecedent, behavior, consequence, reinforcement, punishment, positive valence, negative valence, self-reinforcement, naturally occurring reinforcement/punishment, reinforcement/punishment procedures, aversive, praise.

1) What did you find interesting in the section? Why?
What I found most interesting this section was how simple it seems to be able to modify someone’s behavior. Originally, I thought it was going to be more complicated than the ABC’s of Behavior Modification. I liked how the writing was easy to understand. Some textbooks write in a way where I have to reread it numerous times before I understand it. With this book I did not have to do that.
2) What did you find least interesting? Why?
One thing I did not like in this section was the examples used in the first section. They were really simple and easy to figure out. I understand that it is the first section, but I felt after a while more complexed examples could have been used to show less straight forward antecedents, behaviors, and consequences.
3) How does the section relate to what you already knew/learned previously?
Note: This can be from previous chapters or from other classes, etc.
This reminds me a lot to my former job at four oaks. We had to teach the children there that every behavior had a certain time and place and would get a different reaction. I just didn’t realize that it was as simple to emit the chosen behaviors as the book described it to be.
4) Based on what you read from this section, what are two things that relate to your life? How so?
As I stated above, learning how to change someone’s behavior relates to my past workings at Four Oaks. Even though I have never actually realized it, I used the ABC’s every single day. Growing up, I heard constantly from my dad that every action has a reaction, some positive and negative. When I read this section that was all I could think about, and how right he actually was; even if I never believed it growing up.
After reading section 1.2, please respond to the following questions.
5) What did you find interesting in the section? Why?
I enjoyed that this section explained very clearly the differences between reinforcement, reinforcer, and reinforcing and also the same with punishment, punishing and punisher. The examples really helped my understanding of the difference.
6) What did you find least interesting? Why?
The thing I disliked the most about this section was that there was so many fill in the blanks. I understand that this is to help us come up with examples ourselves, but I felt there should have been more examples to help us better understand it before trying it ourselves. Besides this, there wasn’t anything else I did not like, or find least interesting.
7) How does the section relate to what you already knew/learned previously?
Note: This can be from previous chapters or from other classes, etc.
I am a psychology major, so I have heard a lot about reinforcement and punishment. When I think of reinforcement I think of Pavlov’s dogs and how they were reinforced to salivate when they heard the bell ring, because they learned to expect the positive stimulus of food. This was an example of a reinforcement procedure. I also remember learning about a study using rats where these rats were electrocuted if they did not pull the correct lever. This would be an aversive punishment.
8) Based on what you read from this section, what are two things that relate to your life? How so?
The example of not wearing your coat in the winter causes the consequence of being cold fits into my life. My mom would always tell me to wear my coat when it was cold out and if I wouldn’t she would tell me that I should have listened to her. So, when I didn’t wear my coat I was reinforcing wearing my coat.
I self-reinforce myself on a daily basis. I tell myself if I get all of my homework and readings done, then I can watch Netflix, but if I do not get my work done, I cannot watch Netflix which is the consequence for not managing my time more wisely.
9) How has reading these sections influenced what you originally thought about behavior modification? How so?
I just thought there was punishment and reinforcement. Punishment meant something negative happened to you, like something was taken away and reinforcement meant something good happened, like we get a reward for a job well done. I did not realize that there is negative punishment and negative reinforcement.
10) Once you are done with your post make list of the terms and terminology you used in your post and put them at the bottom of your post.
ABC’s of Behavior Modification, antecedents, behaviors, and consequences, emit, behaviors, reinforcing, reinforcement, reinforcer, punishment, punishing and punisher, reinforcement procedure, aversive, self-reinforce, negative punishment, negative reinforcement,

1) In section 1.1 I found the basic concepts of the ABC’s interesting. Like most things in psychology once a concept is layed out, it makes total sense and you can apply it to many things in life but until it is layed out it is often not thought about. Of course something happens before a behavior, antecedent, and after a behavior, consequence, but I have never thought about how simple learning to identify these things might help me be able to change my behavior.
2) I did not find anything in this chapter to be uninteresting. I think all of this information is completely important because even the small thing such as learning the terminology we will use throughout the semester is important to understanding the larger concepts behind the class.
3) I learned about how negative and positive are used in motivation and emotion. I think that if these were the definitions were the ones we taught children it would be much more logical and it would help them describe things that are happening to them.
4) I can relate to the part of the book that reminds us that manipulation is not always a bad thing even though it has a bad connotation. I mostly related to the fact that in most day to day life we are unaware of the ABC’s. I do not take into account my settings and the choices I chose to make because I am in these settings, or what will happen because of these choices but I should because a little bit of thought might improve the choices and consequences I encounter.
5) I found the self-reinforcement section to be the most interesting because sometimes no matter what the world is telling us we choose to ignore it and it makes sense in the context that this happens when the world is telling us something we don’t want to hear.
6) I found the section on valence least interesting because it does not make sense to me that terms would be introduced and then choose not to use them again even though I understand why this was necessary.
7) This section further explained how positive and negative apply to this course and it also gave examples. I think for the people who have not yet taken motivation and emotion or behavior modification these examples are essential to understanding their meaning.
8) I think the section about how people keep telling jokes because they are self-reassuring relates well to my life because I am not entirely sure that I am as funny as I think I am. Also the section about giving your roommate positive reinforcements when you want to encourage them to do the dishes relates to my life because that is something I have used in the past.
9) I think breaking behavior modification down to such a simple thing such as the ABC’s and building on that idea will allow this class to build up to what I am expecting it to be.
10) Antecedent, behavior, consequence, positive, negative, manipulation, self-reinforcement, valence, behavior modification, positive reinforcements,

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1)I found the whole section interesting because it has helped me to appreciate the importance of the ABC when displaying a behavior. I also enjoyed the fact that the same behavior can have different consequences depending on the antecedent because that is the one which sets the occasion.
2) I did not find anything on this section that I did not like or enjoy, the whole section was really good and full of useful information.
3) In other classes I have learned about how important behavior is and how the behaviors we emit have different reactions in other people sometimes pleasurable reactions, sometimes aversive ones. I also knew from other classes that every behavior we emit has a consequence that will increase or decrease the frequency of that behavior.
4) The first thing that relates to my life is the type of consequence. Every time I get a pleasurable consequence due to the behavior I have emitted I feel happy and I keep doing it in future similar situations. However, when I get an aversive consequence I know that I have made a mistake and it helps me not to display that behavior in any future similar situation.
The second thing that relates to my life is the ABC behavior. Every single behavior I display everyday follows this pattern because depending on the antecedent I emit a specific behavior that I think is the appropriate one; then, depending on the kind of consequence I display that same behavior more or less often in that same situation or in similar ones in the future.
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5) From this section I liked Reinforcement and Punishment. I liked that reinforcers can be positive but they can also be negative depending on if you want a behavior to occur more or less likely. I also found interesting and useful the examples to make it easier to understand the concepts.
6) I did not like that much self-reinforcement because I found it a little bit confused so I could not understand it well.
7) I already knew about Reinforcement and Punishment but it was a good help to remember that reinforce can also be negative. I also knew from other classes that reinforcers and punishers are used to increase or decrease how often we emit a behavior.
8) The first thing that relates to my life is Reinforcement and Punishment. They are part of my day because I am always in contact with people and I did not even realize it until I read this section and I had to fill out the examples. I use generally reinforcers for adults and both, reinforcers and punishers, when dealing with children.
The second thing that relates to my life and this section has helped me to see it is the valence. For everything and everyone I have different feelings that come to me when thinking on them or when seeing that people or being in those places, sometimes pleasurable ones, sometimes aversive ones. It is something that occurs automatically so I never paid attention to it.
9) These readings have changed my thoughts about Reinforcement. I have always associated it as something that happens as a result of an interaction between people. However, these readings had helped me to see that it can also be used for feelings so an interaction does not always have to take place for Reinforcement to occur.
10) Terms and terminology used: Antecedent, behavior, consequence, pleasurable, aversive, elicit, functions, emit, reinforcement, punishment, reinforcers, punishers, self-reinforcement, valence.

1 a&b) What was one thing that you really liked that was in the section? Why? I like the A, B, C’s because it makes it simple to understand and it makes me eager to apply these concepts.
2) What was one thing that you disliked (or liked least) that was in the section? Why? I honestly can’t say I disliked anything; I am very interested in all of it.
3 a,b&c) What are three things you will remember from what you read in the section? Why? a) Once you know the antecedent and the consequence, the types of behaviors become much more predictable.
b) manipulation is not necessarily a bad thing. c) The environment has a strong impact on behavior.

After reading section 1.2, please respond to the following questions.
4 a&b) What was one thing that you really liked that was in the section? Why? I enjoyed learning about reinforcement because I want to be able to use it in my day to day life.
5) What was one thing that you disliked (or liked least) that was in the section? Why? I might forget all of the different terms when instead of using valence we will be using pleasurable and desirable.
6 a,b&c) What are three things you will remember from what you read in the section? Why? a) When the consequence of a behavior is reinforcing, the future probability of the behavior occurring under the same circumstances will increase b) Reinforcement can involve something aversive c) Valence refers to the psychological value placed on a person, place or thing.
7) Prior to reading these sections, what did you think about behavior modification? Why? I thought it would be much more complicated, but this is explained very well.
8) How has reading these sections changed what you originally thought about behavior modification? How so? I hadn’t really given it much thought, so once I read more about it I realized that this could help me in many ways, to change behavior in myself and others that I don’t like.
9) Once you are done with your post make list of the terms and terminology you used in your post.
Antecedent
Behavior
Consequence
Valence
Pleasurable
Desirable

1.1
1) What did you find interesting in the section? Why?
I found interesting the fact that the ABCs are not Linear, but they are all connected and have a feedback. I would have thought before that the consequence didn’t affect the antecedent, but it does from one situation to another.
2) What did you find least interesting? Why?
I found less interesting all the examples on the boxes because they were a little repetitive.
3) How does the section relate to what you already knew/learned previously?
Note: This can be from previous chapters or from other classes, etc.
In almost all the psychology classes I’ve taken so far they talk about how the way we interact can have one consequence or another. Actually in one of my classes today we talked about how we can get people to smile at us when we smile at them. Without talking deeply about the antecedents, a nice behavior toward someone will probably lead to a nice consequence as well.
4) Based on what you read from this section, what are two things that relate to your life? How so?
I really like making people happy so I think this section is related with what I just mention; it doesn’t really take that much effort to me to smile at my friends all the time, and most of the times I get a smile back. Also something I could relate to myself is the fact that when we are little our parents teach us how to behave in different circumstances, for example it wasn’t the same when we were playing in the park, than when we had a family meal.
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5) What did you find interesting in the section? Why?
Even though everything sounded familiar to me, the most interesting thing was the fact that there are some reinforcers that can occur naturally or they can be used with a reinforcement procedure. As the example I mentioned before without knowing what it was, and suddenly appeared in this section, smiling happens to be a natural reinforcer.
6) What did you find least interesting? Why?
I wouldn’t say I consider it less interesting, but a little confusing. I got all those terms a little mixed up. But it was good that there was an example for every different situation.
7) How does the section relate to what you already knew/learned previously?
Note: This can be from previous chapters or from other classes, etc.
I had previously read about everything mention in this section, but in a different language, so it is a challenge for me to connect what I already knew with this chapter. I still find so interesting the ways we get to learn new things simply by acting out and looking for good consequences, or avoiding the bad ones.
8) Based on what you read from this section, what are two things that relate to your life? How so?
When I was little I used to bite my nails a lot, and they got so short that they hurt a lot, even to touch stuff. So gradually I stopped doing it so they wouldn’t hurt. Now I can relate this situation to the negative reinforcement. Another situation I can think about is how my parents always praised me when I got good grades in school so I was really motivated to do well. I don’t think they had knowledge that they were reinforcing my good study behavior by praising me. On the other hand, if I got a bad grade I got a punishment, like taking away my favorite toy.
9) How has reading these sections influenced what you originally thought about behavior modification? How so?
In my experience I have noticed that most people experience what we talked about in this section without even knowing it. From now I will try to stop for a minute every day and think about what have I done right and what have I done wrong, and also what could have I done better, so I can reinforce myself on the good things and keep improving my behavior.
10) Once you are done with your post make list of the terms and terminology you used in your post and put them at the bottom of your post.
Behavior modification, ABCs, antecedent, consequence, reinforcement, motivated, punishment.

1) In this section, the thing I found the most interesting was even though you can be emitting the same behaviors the consequence will be different depending on the antecedent. While it seems like common sense after doing the reading it was really interesting to me while I was reading because I had never really given thought to it before. For example, the activity in the reading where it gave you the same behavior "raised hand", gave you different antecedents, and then you had to come up with the consequence was intriguing to me because my brain could automatically come up with the consequence. I also thought it was interesting that when you were given different antecedents, but the same consequence I could easily predict what behavior was emitted.
2) In all honesty I found this whole section interesting. I have never really heard this information, or even given it much thought, so it was fun to read. This section really got me thinking about the behaviors I emit on a day to day basis, and got me excited to learn how to elicit behaviors!
3) I cannot really relate this to any of my other classes. In a couple of my lectures last year the professor would briefly mention something about changing behaviors, but then would just say if we wanted to learn more about it to take behavior modification. (Here I am!) While I have discussed in other psychology classes behaviors that individuals elicit, I have never learned anything about the ABC's. I was an accounting major before I switched to psychology, so I have not taken many classes concerning the human behavioral sciences.
4) I think I unknowingly use the ABC's often on people (mostly certain friends). I really like to observe/analyze my friends, so I often will predict future behaviors by figuring out what caused them to do something, and then thinking about what happened after guess if they will do it again or not. Another way I can relate this is I often tell jokes, but depending on who I am with I may not tell a certain joke. The consequence is that the person could get really offended by the joke, so I have to be careful sometimes who I am saying a certain joke.
5) I found it interesting that on a daily basis I am using reinforcement and punishments to increase and decrease behaviors without always realizing I am doing so. This reading makes me want to try these techniques on my roommates at my apartment, so they stop doing things that annoy me to no end.
6) Once again I did not find this section uninteresting. These terms always confused me in introduction to psychology, so I liked this reading because I feel like it went into more depth in explaining what each thing meant. I definitely have a better understanding of the difference between reinforcement-reinforcer-reinforcing/punishment-punisher-punishing now.
7) This section reminded me of things I had learned in my introduction to psychology class. (Operant Conditioning) I remember learning that you could use positive reinforcement and negative reinforcement to elicit behaviors. I forget what class it was, but one of my psychology classes last year drilled it into my head that a consequence is not something bad it simply is just whatever ends up happening in a situation.
8) One thing that related to my life was the example of a father tapping his daughter's head when she bit her nails. My roommate bites her nails, and I have been trying to make her stop. I will have to think of a punisher to hopefully decrease that behavior from happening as often. Another thing that I could relate to my life is that I self-reinforce my self all the time when it comes to telling jokes. I think my jokes are funny, so I laugh and continue to tell them. My friends are always just laughing at me because they think it is funny that I think my jokes are funny even though they say they are really bad.
9) Even though I still do not believe it is easy to change a behavior, I did not originally think behaviors were so predictable. If you know what usually comes before the behavior (antecedent), you know what happens after the behavior (consequence), it makes it a lot easier to manipulate what happens in-between (behavior). I also never really thought about how on a day to day basis I am using reinforcers/punishers not only for my own behaviors, but for the people around me as well.
Terminology: antecedent, behavior, consequence, emit, elicit, reinforcer, punisher, self-reinforcing, operant conditioning, positive reinforcement, negative reinforcement

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1) What did you find interesting in the section? Why?
I found the information about the antecedents, behaviors and consequences to be the most interesting. It's amazing how much I can apply my life to this concept and how I can think back on my actions even today and consider what my behaviors were based on my surroundings. I like being able to think about other people and what surroundings do to their behaviors as well.
2) What did you find least interesting? Why?
I didn't enjoy thinking about manipulating other people. I don't like the idea of being in control on that way; maybe psychology isn't for me after all! Truly, though, I feel that people can be manipulated in good ways but mostly I think of the bad ways and I don't like seeing that happen.
3) How does the section relate to what you already knew/learned previously?
I knew that behavior could be controlled in certain ways. I had never learned about antecedents, however, now everything makes a lot of sense. I can plug in information from past experiments from people like Pavlov and observe different situations and how consequences come from behaviors and behaviors come from surroundings.
4) Based on what you read from this section, what are two things that relate to your life? How so?
The biggest thing that relates to my life is that the environment has an impact on my behavior. I know that where I'm at affects how I act. The people I'm around affect how I act and the things that we're doing, I'm more comfortable with some people than with others. Another thing that relates to my life is that as much as I didn't want to admit it, manipulation is not necessarily a bad thing and can be a very good thing in some cases. I work at Bremwood and after I think about it, we can manipulate even when we don't mean to.
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5) What did you find interesting in this section? Why?
I found the information about reinforcing to be the most interesting. I enjoy considering what we can do in order to control situations and increase positive behaviors as well as decrease the negative behaviors.

6) What did you find least interesting? Why?
I'd say I found the information about reinforcement, reinforcer and reinforcing the least interesting. I know they're important but I've known a little bit about the topic from previous classes and it didn't hook my attention this time around.

7) How does the section relate to what you already knew/learned previously?

I learned a lot about reinforcement in previous classes and I have done an experiment having to do with reinforcing positive behavior in my dog. I taught my dog how to high five using treats and rewards. It was a simple experiment that worked well.

8) Based on what you read from this section, what are two things that relate to your life? How so?

The biggest thing that relates to my life without me even realizing it would be the concept behind positive and negative valence. I didn't realize how simple those things were and how easy it was to come up with examples of each and plus examples of things from my life into it. The next thing would be self-reinforcement. I use that a lot without even realizing it. I will self-reinforce my own behavior if I tell a joke and think it's funny.

9) How has reading these sections influenced what you originally thought about behavior modification? How so?

Reading these sections has shown me in-depth what behavior modification is. They showed me the steps "behind the scenes" and different ways to change behaviors. They gave me a little more in-depth insight of reinforcement as well.

10) Once you are done with your post make list of the terms and terminology you used in your post and put them at the bottom of your post.

Positive and negative reinforcement

Self-reinforcement

Positive and negative valence

Manipulation

1) What did you find interesting in the section? Why?
The thing I found most interesting is how simple it is to figure out a person’s behavior when you know what the antecedent and the consequence was. To me, I thought it would be a little more tricky to figure out what could have happened.

2) What did you find least interesting? Why?
The thing I found the least interesting was when the book explained what the ABC’s were. I have heard this information several times, so I already knew what I was reading which made it less interesting to me.

3) How does the section relate to what you already knew/learned previously?
Like I have said, I have already heard about what the ABC’s in several of my other psychology classes. It also relates to the job I used to have at a daycare, because would would have to teach the kids that every action has a reaction. Sometimes it is pleasurable, but other times it is aversive.

4) Based on what you read from this section, what are two things that relate to your life? How so?
As I have said I used to work at a daycare. All of us workers lived by the ABC’s of behavior. We would always sit the child and talk to them about what happened and why it happened. Another thing that I thought about was how my parents always taught me that I need to think about the consequences before I emit the behavior.

5) What did you find interesting in the section? Why?
The thing I found most interesting was the section about of valence. This was the most interesting because I have never heard of it before. I also liked that the book was very clear and concise when it came to explained punishment, punisher, and punishing. The same was done when explaining reinforcement, reinforcer, and reinforcement.

6) What did you find least interesting? Why?
I didn’t really find anything uninteresting. However, I didn’t really like how the book started that we should use the word pleasurable or unpleasurable, instead of positive or negative. But then later in an example it used the words positive and negative.

7) How does the section relate to what you already knew/learned previously?
Since I am in my last semester here as a psychology major I am very familiar with the terms reinforcement and punishment. When I think of these terms I often think back to where they came from. Pavlov did a big experiment where he reinforced dogs to salivated when they heard a bell. This happened because the dogs associated the sound of the bell to being fed food.

8) Based on what you read from this section, what are two things that relate to your life? How so?
This relates to my life, because I have always been a person who wears shorts till there is snow on the ground. Because of this I have always preferred to be cold rather than warm. So in a way I am reinforcing the fact that I like being cold. I also use self-reinforcement on a daily basis. It started at a young age. Since I was an only child I always to go out and be with my friends. In order to do that, I always had to get my chores at home done first. So I would tell myself that if I finished my chores I would get to go have fun. It became a habit and now i do the same thing when it comes to school work.

9) How has reading these sections influenced what you originally thought about behavior modification? How so?
The biggest take away I got from this chapter in my better understand of positive reinforcement, negative reinforcement, positive punishment, and negative punishment. I know what all of the terms are, but I have always gotten them confused with each other. The book did a good job of clearly explaining what each one was.

10) Once you are done with your post make list of the terms and terminology you used in your post and put them at the bottom of your post.
Positive reinforcement, negative reinforcement, positive punishment, negative punishment, self-reinforcing, antecedent, behavior, consequence, ABC’s, punishment, punisher, punishing, reinforcement, reinforcer, reinforcing, aversive, pleasurable

1) What did you find interesting in the section? Why?
I found it interesting to think about all the behaviors that we do almost automatically without thinking. It breaks down the before, during, and after of such actions, of which we would hardly ever give a second thought to doing them.

2) What did you find least interesting? Why?
With such a simple and short summary of behavior modification, there really wasn’t anything uninteresting since it focused on the same thing, which for me was new, the whole time.

3) How does the section relate to what you already knew/learned previously?
Note: This can be from previous chapters or from other classes, etc.
I cannot off the top of my head think of how this section relates to other classes of mine. I am sure there are plenty of examples I am missing however.

4) Based on what you read from this section, what are two things that relate to your life? How so?
Two things that relate to my life are how I interact in social settings as was in the example, and unknown emitted behaviors. The first is that after being in a similar social setting for most of my down time with friends, we generally act the same because we all know what each other like, don’t like, etc. It also wouldn’t work to do in a formal setting such as a meeting. The second is that the section briefly mentions how some behaviors are done because of some elicit reason that may be unknown to our conscious. This happens a lot to me with picking at my nails almost randomly and unconsciously.

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

5) What did you find interesting in the section? Why?
I found it interesting that a simple example used was a roommate doing dishes and reinforcing his behavior to continue him doing said dishes. The reason it was interesting is last year I had this problem, a roommate never cleaned up after himself and the house was a pit, if only I had taken this class.

6) What did you find least interesting? Why?
I found least interesting the concepts of positive and negative punishment/reinforcement simply because I have taken and relearned these ideas over and over again. I should be an expert, I will still make a mistake, but it becomes tiring relearning basics.

7) How does the section relate to what you already knew/learned previously?
Note: This can be from previous chapters or from other classes, etc.
I have a pretty good understanding of positive and negative meaning addition or subtraction in the psychology field, mainly from intro to psych.

8) Based on what you read from this section, what are two things that relate to your life? How so?
In my life, I understand using reinforcers to assist in keeping pleasant behaviors up, and using negative and positive in a psychological sense. The latter due to trying to assist people in studies, some people need additions to do well, others need things subtracted. I also understand the use of reinforcers to keep people occupied and content with the jobs they are doing.

9) How has reading these sections influenced what you originally thought about behavior modification? How so?
It hasn’t changed a whole lot, I was fairly familiar with the idea of reinforcers and punishers, along with the usage of positive and negative being more mathematical.

10)
Positive, Negative, Reinforcers, punishers, emitted

1) Something that stuck out to me was the sentence that said for every behavior we emit, there is always an antecedent and a consequence. I found the use of the word always interesting because that means that the ABCs can explain behavior without exception. If the question is asked, “Why did this person do this thing”, or, “What happened when this person did this thing,” there is always a reason.
2) I didn’t really find anything uninteresting, but something that I have trouble with is remembering that the ABC’s are not linear, and to me, the way that the charts were set up made them seem linear.
3) I took three psychology classes last year, and they all briefly went over behavior psychology. This section mentions B.F. Skinner, and I haved learned about him a few times, as well. I learned about the parts of the ABCs, too (but I can’t remember if we referred to them as the ABCs in those classes).
4) The part about the ABCs not being linear and that the consequence loops to the antecedents because my brother often has trouble understanding when and where it is appropriate to act a certain way because he doesn’t understand social cues (consequences) very well. Also, the part about how emitting a behavior and receiving a pleasurable feedback will make the behavior occur more often, because that explains how society maintains social norms.
5) I found naturally occurring punishers interesting because they are our bodies making us feel something unpleasant when we do something or are in an environment that can harm us.
6) The examples that explained the difference between positive and negative reinforcers and punishers got very repetitive towards the ending and I have already learned about them before.
7) In intro to psychology, biopsychology, and psychology of personality we talked about reinforcers a punishers influencing our behavior and changing the likelihood of the behavior happening again.
8) I recommend using reinforcers and punishers to help other people help themselves do or not do something. For instance, today, I was trying to help my brother cut back on smoking, and I told him that if he only smoked outside where it is hot and he would have to get up to smoke, he would want to smoke less and even when it was later in the year and cooler, he would associate smoking with being uncomfortable. Also, I have had to take care of my younger sister a lot, so it has been necessary to try to teach her how to behave, which often involved negative punishment like taking away toys or electronics.
9) These sections reviewed what I had already learned in previous classes, but those classes taught different approaches of psychology, like behavior and personality, so I am excited to go more in depth and learn more about behavior modification.
10) Consequence, Reinforcers, Punishers, ABCs, Emit, Antecedent, Social Cues, Natural Punishers/Reinforcers, Negative, Positive

1.)What did you find interesting in the section? Why?
This section was great start to the book the abc of behavior modification. I found a lot of things that caught my eyes. One of the things that I found very intriguing to read was that manipulation isn't a bad thing, in other words it's a good thing. You can manipulate peoples minds and be very helpful, like the described in the book and said how stoplights were manipulating.

2) What did you find least interesting? Why?
The things that I found least interesting was how the book was sort of repetitive in the beginning when they were talking about the ABC procedure, but other than that. I found this whole chapter VERY interesting to read, it was a good starting point for this class, I definitely got a good understanding in what this class is going to be about. Even though the beginning was repetitive and made this concept less interesting, I found it very helpful that it was repetitive because then I got a better understanding of it.

3.)How does this section relate to what you already knew/learned previously?
In my past psychology class we had a brief overview on the ABC procedure , when we were talking about behaviors and what not, but honestly a lot of things that I read were pretty new to me, and I enjoyed learning it. This is my Freshman year and I have only taken one other psychology class previous to this one, So I'm excited to learn a lot about behaviors.

4.)Based on what you read from this section, what are two things that relate to your life? How so?
Two things that can relate to my life in this section would be the reinforcement part because I think that is very important and people should always reinforce good behavior. Which I do a lot Im always smiling and encouraging my friends to do behaviors that I want them to increase. Same with punishments, I always punish my dog when he does behaviors that I do not approve of.
Section 1.2
5.)What did you find interesting in the section? Why?
Once again this whole chapter was very interesting as a whole, I found the difference between reinforcement and punishment really interesting and I really didn't know the difference until now, After reading about it I understood the difference very well.

6.) What did you find least interesting? Why?
Now especially in this chapter I really didn't find anything not interesting was when they were talking about the Valence, once again the thing that I didn't find interesting was that it was repetitive and I understood the point, but then again it came in useful because I understood it better.

7.)How does the section relate to what you already knew/learned previously?
This section doesn't really have anything to do with what I have learned in the past. All of this information was very new, and I really enjoyed learning and reading this section, I loved everything about the positive and negative valances.

8.) 1.)What did you find interesting in the section? Why?
This section was great start to the book the abc of behavior modification. I found a lot of things that caught my eyes. One of the things that I found very intriguing to read was that manipulation isn't a bad thing, in other words it's a good thing. You can manipulate peoples minds and be very helpful, like the described in the book and said how stoplights were manipulating.

2) What did you find least interesting? Why?
The things that I found least interesting was how the book was sort of repetitive in the beginning when they were talking about the ABC procedure, but other than that. I found this whole chapter VERY interesting to read, it was a good starting point for this class, I definitely got a good understanding in what this class is going to be about. Even though the beginning was repetitive and made this concept less interesting, I found it very helpful that it was repetitive because then I got a better understanding of it.

3.)How does this section relate to what you already knew/learned previously?
In my past psychology class we had a brief overview on the ABC procedure , when we were talking about behaviors and what not, but honestly a lot of things that I read were pretty new to me, and I enjoyed learning it. This is my Freshman year and I have only taken one other psychology class previous to this one, So I'm excited to learn a lot about behaviors.

4.)Based on what you read from this section, what are two things that relate to your life? How so?
Two things that can relate to my life in this section would be the reinforcement part because I think that is very important and people should always reinforce good behavior. Which I do a lot Im always smiling and encouraging my friends to do behaviors that I want them to increase. Same with punishments, I always punish my dog when he does behaviors that I do not approve of.
Section 1.2
5.)What did you find interesting in the section? Why?
Once again this whole chapter was very interesting as a whole, I found the difference between reinforcement and punishment really interesting and I really didn't know the difference until now, After reading about it I understood the difference very well.

6.) What did you find least interesting? Why?
Now especially in this chapter I really didn't find anything not interesting was when they were talking about the Valence, once again the thing that I didn't find interesting was that it was repetitive and I understood the point, but then again it came in useful because I understood it better.

7.)How does the section relate to what you already knew/learned previously?
This section doesn't really have anything to do with what I have learned in the past. All of this information was very new, and I really enjoyed learning and reading this section, I loved everything about the positive and negative valances.

8.)1.)What did you find interesting in the section? Why?
This section was great start to the book the abc of behavior modification. I found a lot of things that caught my eyes. One of the things that I found very intriguing to read was that manipulation isn't a bad thing, in other words it's a good thing. You can manipulate peoples minds and be very helpful, like the described in the book and said how stoplights were manipulating.

2) What did you find least interesting? Why?
The things that I found least interesting was how the book was sort of repetitive in the beginning when they were talking about the ABC procedure, but other than that. I found this whole chapter VERY interesting to read, it was a good starting point for this class, I definitely got a good understanding in what this class is going to be about. Even though the beginning was repetitive and made this concept less interesting, I found it very helpful that it was repetitive because then I got a better understanding of it.

3.)How does this section relate to what you already knew/learned previously?
In my past psychology class we had a brief overview on the ABC procedure , when we were talking about behaviors and what not, but honestly a lot of things that I read were pretty new to me, and I enjoyed learning it. This is my Freshman year and I have only taken one other psychology class previous to this one, So I'm excited to learn a lot about behaviors.

4.)Based on what you read from this section, what are two things that relate to your life? How so?
Two things that can relate to my life in this section would be the reinforcement part because I think that is very important and people should always reinforce good behavior. Which I do a lot Im always smiling and encouraging my friends to do behaviors that I want them to increase. Same with punishments, I always punish my dog when he does behaviors that I do not approve of.
Section 1.2
5.)What did you find interesting in the section? Why?
Once again this whole chapter was very interesting as a whole, I found the difference between reinforcement and punishment really interesting and I really didn't know the difference until now, After reading about it I understood the difference very well.

6.) What did you find least interesting? Why?
Now especially in this chapter I really didn't find anything not interesting was when they were talking about the Valence, once again the thing that I didn't find interesting was that it was repetitive and I understood the point, but then again it came in useful because I understood it better.

7.)How does the section relate to what you already knew/learned previously?
This section doesn't really have anything to do with what I have learned in the past. All of this information was very new, and I really enjoyed learning and reading this section, I loved everything about the positive and negative valances.

8.) 1.)What did you find interesting in the section? Why?
This section was great start to the book the abc of behavior modification. I found a lot of things that caught my eyes. One of the things that I found very intriguing to read was that manipulation isn't a bad thing, in other words it's a good thing. You can manipulate peoples minds and be very helpful, like the described in the book and said how stoplights were manipulating.

2) What did you find least interesting? Why?
The things that I found least interesting was how the book was sort of repetitive in the beginning when they were talking about the ABC procedure, but other than that. I found this whole chapter VERY interesting to read, it was a good starting point for this class, I definitely got a good understanding in what this class is going to be about. Even though the beginning was repetitive and made this concept less interesting, I found it very helpful that it was repetitive because then I got a better understanding of it.

3.)How does this section relate to what you already knew/learned previously?
In my past psychology class we had a brief overview on the ABC procedure , when we were talking about behaviors and what not, but honestly a lot of things that I read were pretty new to me, and I enjoyed learning it. This is my Freshman year and I have only taken one other psychology class previous to this one, So I'm excited to learn a lot about behaviors.

4.)Based on what you read from this section, what are two things that relate to your life? How so?
Two things that can relate to my life in this section would be the reinforcement part because I think that is very important and people should always reinforce good behavior. Which I do a lot Im always smiling and encouraging my friends to do behaviors that I want them to increase. Same with punishments, I always punish my dog when he does behaviors that I do not approve of.
Section 1.2
5.)What did you find interesting in the section? Why?
Once again this whole chapter was very interesting as a whole, I found the difference between reinforcement and punishment really interesting and I really didn't know the difference until now, After reading about it I understood the difference very well.

6.) What did you find least interesting? Why?
Now especially in this chapter I really didn't find anything not interesting was when they were talking about the Valence, once again the thing that I didn't find interesting was that it was repetitive and I understood the point, but then again it came in useful because I understood it better.

7.)How does the section relate to what you already knew/learned previously?
This section doesn't really have anything to do with what I have learned in the past. All of this information was very new, and I really enjoyed learning and reading this section, I loved everything about the positive and negative valances.

8.) Based on what you read from this section, what are two things that relate to your life? How so? Two things that I have learned throughout this chapter that has to relate to my life would be was when I got punished and it would have a positive and negative valances in your situation.

9.)How has reading these sections influenced what you originally thought about behavior modification? How so?
These sections have just increased the understanding of behavior modification that I have already had. I got a better understanding of the terms and the differences and similarities of these terms as well :) :) :)

Terminology:behavior, positive valance, negative valance, Reinforcement, punishment, manipulatation,

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1.)What did you find interesting in the section? Why?
This section was great start to the book the abc of behavior modification. I found a lot of things that caught my eyes. One of the things that I found very intriguing to read was that manipulation isn't a bad thing, in other words it's a good thing. You can manipulate peoples minds and be very helpful, like the described in the book and said how stoplights were manipulating.

2.) What did you find least interesting? Why?
The things that I found least interesting was how the book was sort of repetitive in the beginning when they were talking about the ABC procedure, but other than that. I found this whole chapter VERY interesting to read, it was a good starting point for this class, I definitely got a good understanding in what this class is going to be about. Even though the beginning was repetitive and made this concept less interesting, I found it very helpful that it was repetitive because then I got a better understanding of it.

3.)How does this section relate to what you already knew/learned previously?
In my past psychology class we had a brief overview on the ABC procedure , when we were talking about behaviors and what not, but honestly a lot of things that I read were pretty new to me, and I enjoyed learning it. This is my Freshman year and I have only taken one other psychology class previous to this one, So I'm excited to learn a lot about behaviors.

4.)Based on what you read from this section, what are two things that relate to your life? How so?
Two things that can relate to my life in this section would be the reinforcement part because I think that is very important and people should always reinforce good behavior. Which I do a lot Im always smiling and encouraging my friends to do behaviors that I want them to increase. Same with punishments, I always punish my dog when he does behaviors that I do not approve of.

1.2

5.)What did you find interesting in the section? Why?
Once again this whole chapter was very interesting as a whole, I found the difference between reinforcement and punishment really interesting and I really didn't know the difference until now, After reading about it I understood the difference very well.

6.) What did you find least interesting? Why?
Now especially in this chapter I really didn't find anything not interesting was when they were talking about the Valence, once again the thing that I didn't find interesting was that it was repetitive and I understood the point, but then again it came in useful because I understood it better.

7.)How does the section relate to what you already knew/learned previously?
This section doesn't really have anything to do with what I have learned in the past. All of this information was very new, and I really enjoyed learning and reading this section, I loved everything about the positive and negative valances.

8.) Based on what you read from this section, what are two things that relate to your life? How so? Two things that I have learned throughout this chapter that has to relate to my life would be was when I got punished and it would have a positive and negative valances in your situation, and how you can look at it in both ways, which is what I usually do in a situation.

9.)How has reading these sections influenced what you originally thought about behavior modification? How so?
These sections have just increased the understanding of behavior modification that I have already had. I got a better understanding of the terms and the differences and similarities of these terms as well :) :) :)

Terminology:behavior, positive valance, negative valance, Reinforcement, punishment, manipulatation,

1. What did you find interesting in the section and why?
I found environment controlling behavior to be very interesting. I think the idea that we are controlled by our environment is something that we don't think about, outside of specifically social environments controlling us. Like telling a joke at a funeral as was mentioned, there is a specific social feeling about that that controls us, but what we do at a grocery store is determined almost completely by the being at the grocery store.

2. What did you find least interesting?
I think the entire idea as a whole is rather interesting, probably the least interesting part of this section was proper terminology, which is necessary.

3. How does this relate to what you knew previously?
I've definitely learned about some parts of behavioral modification earlier, most notably Pavlov's dogs and classical conditioning. While a little different, classical conditioning is similar in that you have a stimulus, which precedes a behavior, usually followed by a reward. In Pavlov's dogs, he conditioned them to salivate when they heard a bell, because they expected to be fed. There is an antecedent, behavior, and consequence, of sorts.

4. Two things that relate to your life
The idea that environment has a strong impact on behavior relates to my life in a myriad of ways. An easy example is my habits at home vs. in public. At home I tend to be either singing or talking to myself a large percentage of the time. And when I'm in public I keep my thoughts inside or hum to myself. My environment is clearly dictating and modifying my behaviors. Another very relatable idea is that of antecedents being different can produce very different consequences, even if the behavior is the same. If I am talking with a friend, and I use foul language, the consequence would just be my friends hearing me swear. If I was talking with a professor I didn't know well and swore, the consequence might be a bad impression with that professor.
5. What's interesting in this section?
I have always found the idea of aversive things being used for reinforcement and desirable things being used as punishment. It becomes clear once you look at it and makes perfect sense, but as children we just learn punishment is punishment. I also haven't read about valence much before, and I like the idea that our personal valence about something determines whether it is a desirable or aversive thing to us.

6.What did you find least interesting?
I found it all rather interesting, probably the least interesting part would just be the beginning where it introduces basic reinforcement and punishment, and the only reason that is less interesting is because I've learned about that part in a couple other classes.

7. How does this relate to what you've learned in the past?
Well this chapter is clearly building off of the ABCs of the previous section. This basically just expands and more fully explains the ideas of antecedent, behavior, consequence because it shows how the consequence can change the behavior the next time the antecedent comes along. If the consequence reinforces the behavior, when the antecedent arrives again, the behavior is more likely, and vice versa.

8. Two things that relate to your life.
The first would definitely be the idea of self-reinforcement. I need to set up more situations where I am properly self-reinforcing when it comes to exercising. If I set up a better reinforcer for myself for after I go to the gym, I would be more likely to go to the gym the next time I'm free. Another way this relates to my life is I worked at an internship over the summer where I worked with kids. We used a lot of positive reinforcers to try and encourage the kids to make better decisions. If a kid behaved at home, they would earn points towards a lego toy they wanted, for example.

9. How have these reading changed your opinion about behavior mod?
I wouldn't say my opinions have changed that much. I've seen a lot of behavior modification put into practice in the internship I have done. I think it is slightly alarming just how easily it can be used on most people. I really liked learning a little more about aversive reinforcers and desirable punishments. I would say that my mind has been changed the most just when it comes to self reinforcement. I never really thought before about how if something has a desirable valence for you, you can reinforce it despite those around you perhaps sending out a punishment.

10. valence, reinforcement, antecedent, behavior, consequence, desirable, aversive, self-reinforcement, punishment.

1) What did you find interesting in the section? Why?
Something that I found interesting in about this section was how the text explored how changing the context or antecedent of the behavior influenced the consequence as a result. The research that I had read or heard about in other classes always focused mainly on behavior and consequences so having the antecedent present to “set the occasion” brought another level of understanding behavior from what I knew previously.
2) What did you find least interesting? Why?
I found this section to be pretty interesting overall, mostly because I feel like I can apply many of the techniques from this class to my future career and life in general. If I had to pick one thing I would say that I found the chapter and exercises a little repetitive. I can understand how the repetition could make learning the material easier for some people but for me it was just a little dry.
3) How does the section relate to what you already knew/learned previously?
As I mentioned before, I had learned about consequences and behavior in other classes. Besides adding antecedents to the behavior equation, this chapter also gave me the proper terminology to explain actions as they apply to behavioral science. Some examples from the text that I didn’t know related to behavior modification were ‘emit’ and ‘elicit’; these defined in b-mod terms relate to doing a behavior and making a behavior happen.
4) Based on what you read from this section, what are two things that relate to your life? How so?
I was able to take the ABC’s format and insert antecedents, behaviors, and consequences from my day today as I was reading the text. I was further able to make them into a chain of ABC’s that built on each other and gave me some insight as to the impact of behaviors that I would have dismissed as trivial but actually played a pretty large part in how my day played out.
Another way that I was able to relate this to things I use frequently in my life was how the ABC’s format mimicked the steps of the scientific method. Since the scientific method has been used in many of my classes I’m pretty familiar with the steps. This being said, it was easy for me to use the same logic that is used in testing hypothesis and apply it to the ABC layout.
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5) What did you find interesting in the section? Why?
I found the examples of practical applications of punishments and reinforcements to be an interesting part of this chapter. I feel like in this course one of the main objectives is to be able to take what we learn in class and apply it to our lives; so when examples like the reinforcement procedure of praising roommates after doing the dishes come up it makes the material very relatable and applicable to those in the class.

6) What did you find least interesting? Why?
I found parts of this section to not be interesting only because I felt like some of the vocabulary were some pretty basic terms. The descriptions for positive and negative valence were some examples of things I thought were pretty straightforward, as well as knowing the parts of speech in reference to ‘reinforcement, reinforcer, and reinforcing’.

7) How does the section relate to what you already knew/learned previously?
In other psychology classes I had learned about the basics of punishment and reinforcement but it had never gone into much depth. For example, I had never learned about naturally occurring reinforcers as opposed to reinforcers used with a reinforcement procedure. 1.2 also tied in behavior and consequence from the previous section in terms of classifying consequences as either being reinforcers or punishers.

8) Based on what you read from this section, what are two things that relate to your life? How so?
From what we covered on punishments and reinforcements in this chapter it was interesting to think back on different punishments as forms of discipline that my parents used. It seemed that these were less effective than the reinforcements that I received from other authority figures so I look forward to exploring those in more detail as this class progresses. Learning about self-reinforcing also gave me insight into some of my coworkers and why they might be continuing to pursue behaviors (like telling jokes only they think are funny) despite the general displeasure of the group.

9) How has reading these sections influenced what you originally thought about behavior modification? How so? I would say that reading these sections have influenced my understanding by advancing my knowledge of the terminology of behavior modification, elaborating on topics that have been brought up briefly in other classes, and allowing me to make connections between behavior modification and other facets of the discipline such as the research process.

10) Terms: Antecedent, consequence, emit, elicit, punishment, reinforcement, positive valence, negative valence, reinforcement procedure, self-reinforcing.

1) What I found most interesting in this section was how the ABCs of Behavior Modification are so simple and almost common sense, but yet until psychology classes I haven't really consciously thought about them. Its interesting to think that these behaviors and thoughts about antecedents and consequences come naturally and automatically to us as humans.

2) Honestly, there wasn't really anything that I disliked about this section. It was easy to read, interesting, and made sense.

3) In my high school psychology classes, I have learned about Skinner and his study of behaviors. So we touched on the thought of consequences of behaviors, but I don't really remember talking about the antecedent. Maybe we did, but anyway it all seems like common sense when you think about it, we just never really stop to think about the processes of our behaviors.

4) The first thing that relates to my life is the ABCs of behavior. Every single day, I make choices and see the consequences of the behaviors that I make. Ever since I was born I have been doing this, and learning about what the choices I make will bring me. The ABCs not being linear, is what helps me learn from my mistakes and bad consequences so that I don't repeat the same behaviors for the antecedent. The second thing that relates to my life is the difference between emit and elicit. While confusing a bit at first, it is something that needs to be known and how to react and change your choices based on whether you emitted the behavior or maybe the environment elicited the behavior.

5) I found it interesting all the different ways that reinforcement and punishment can take. Especially the fact that reinforcement can involve aversive things and punishment can involve desirable things. Because those are the opposite of what you would think they are.

6) Just like the first section, I didn't really dislike anything about this part. It was an easy and entertaining read, it explained concepts well, and was repetitive which was helpful.

7) Again, I have learned about these things in my high school psychology class. However, the term valence was new to me, and was interesting to see how it just fit right in and made sense with the punishments and reinforcements. Although we had mentioned aversive and desirable things in my class, there was just never a term given to the value.

8)The first thing that relates to my life is the valence of a consequence. Every day when I make my decisions, and there are consequences that follow my actions, the desirable or undesirable valence of those consequences either keep me from repeating my behavior, or increase my behavior. Without even knowing it, there are punishments and reinforcements to all my actions.
The second thing that relates to my life is the self-reinforcement. There are so many times when I don't even need someone or something to reinforce my behavior because internally I receive the pleasure and so I increase my behavior, no matter what kind of impact it has on others.

9) Since I have already learned about these terms and concepts before in my psych class, nothing has really changed about my thoughts on behavior modification. It seems almost like everyone has already known this information whether or not they have learned about it, they just need to stop and think about the ABCs in order to help change their behaviors.

10) Antecedent, Behavior, Consequence, Emit, Elicit, Reinforcement, Punishment, Valence, aversive, desirable, self-reinforcement

1.I found this whole reading to be very interesting and thought provoking. I especially took interest in the fact that every behavior we do there is an antecedent and a consequence. It seems simple but I personally have never taken the time to come to this conclusion on my own. Continuing on the same topic, the reading also stated that we are, for the most part, aware when the consequence is surprising or unpleasant. This is because the consequence affects us in a more direct way and that is noticeable.
2.Since the whole concept of the ABC’s is a new topic for me, I couldn’t find anything that I enjoyed learning about the least. I could understand if I had already had previous information about this is subject to be a bit dull, but I honestly found everything very interesting.
3.Now that I have thought about how antecedent, behavior, and consequences and how I use this system in my everyday life, I can easily relate this to how a child grows up into being an adult. How this child was cared for plays a major part in how their attachment style is going to be, and how they are going to care for their child, and so on and so forth.
4.The first thing that I thought of after I read this section was buying a car. This past summer I worked four jobs with 55-60 hour work weeks. I had to do this in order to get the money to pay for a car. At the end of summer I finally had enough money to buy my own car and pay for a good chunk of my college. The other example from my life is me setting my alarm clock at night so I can wake up on time for class the next morning.
5.A few topics that I found interesting in this reading is the definitions and examples for self-reinforcement, reinforcement, and punishment. Before going into depth in this reading, I was very confused about what the difference between reinforcement and punishment is.
6.Once again, the information in this reading was a new to me so I found it all interesting.
7.This section can be related to the previous reading, section 1.1. The sequence of events is carried over into the topics that were discussed in this reading. After reading the correct definitions for the terms used in this reading, I can now recognize and remember using self-reinforcement in my psychology class in high school.
8.My 8 year old nephew always wipes is hands on his shirt after eating, so I told him every meal that he eats and uses his napkin he gets a quarter. So far I have given him five dollars in quarters and he uses his napkin every time he eats a meal with me. Another example is I am trying to workout more and become physically fit. This summer I tried to eat healthy and exercise a couple times a week, and I have been seeing some results. This is an example of self-reinforcement.
9.Each time I do an assignment for behavior modification I learn more about how this is related to my life, and how I can better understand what this class is about.
10.Terms: antecedent, behavior, consequences, self-reinforcement, reinforcement, punishment

1. In section 1.1 I found it interesting how little we notice what causes our behaviors. I had to take a moment and think about why I do certain things in my daily life and what caused these behaviors. Once I took a step back and looked at it from a different perspective I could see how different experiences shaped my behavior is certain situations.
2.All of the information that I read was interesting to me because I'm coming into this class without much prior knowledge on the subject.
3.I did already know that there's an antecedent before a behavior and then a consequence. People will modify their behavior based on what they have experienced in the past.
4. A good way that this section relates to me is the antecedent, I often think of my actions first and weigh my options. For example if I'm tired, if I took a nap I'll have less time to do homework and will end up staying up late that evening. Or maybe I don't take a nap and have time to workout and do homework. It also made me realize how past experiences could have caused me to act the way that I do now, I used to think maybe I was just shy in a new environment but maybe something previously made me unsure of being myself right away in a new place.
5.It was interesting to learn that punishment can involve something desirable to an individual and reinforcement can involve something aversive, to me these terms wouldn't go together ever but with the explanation in this section it makes sense. I learned what valence meant and I had never heard of this term before. I also learned the difference between positive and negative reinforcers and punishers, this is new to me and I'm sure I will have to pause and think about these carefully throughout the semester.
6.Most of this information was new to me as well, but the least interesting thing to me was reinforcers because I already had a general idea of what it consisted of.
7.I knew that a good way to change a bad behavior was to use a punishment or a reinforcer but that it would depend on the individual and the situation.
8.The punishment and reinforcing related to my life because my sisters and I taught our dog tricks and how to behave. We had to use both tactics in order for us to get the best results. I also see the punishment in my self because I tell myself if I don't do such and such then I can't do this, or I can't have something. Most of the time it works for me.
9.I didn't realize how much went into it all. To me it seemed like a straight line but everything is intertwined and you need to think everything through in order to be successful.
10. Terms: punisher, reinforcer, valence, antecedent, behavior, consequence, aversive, desirable, positive, negative

Section 1.1

1) What did you find interesting in the section? Why?
One of the questions in this section was, “Can you think of another situation or circumstance where emitting the exact same behavior, telling the exact same joke, might lead to a totally different consequence?” I found this interesting to contemplate. It was easy for me to fill in the consequences myself, although one could come up with a number of different consequences for each example. I wondered how different people would fill them in. For example, with the joke at the funeral--a child’s response could be, a “spanking.” Furthermore, would someone with a mental illness respond the same way as me, or what consequence could they come up with? Would a foreigner respond the same way, or would they have a different standard of behavior at a funeral?

2) What did you find least interesting? Why?
I wish there were more of an emphasis on the “ABC’s” being a “basis of behavior modification.” I think most people would miss that last bullet there at the end, and assume that the “ABC’s” are just constrictive to the idea of behavior.

3) How does the section relate to what you already knew/learned previously? Note: This can be from previous chapters or from other classes, etc.
I’ve learned about behavior modification already. Also, I’ve had my own experiences to know how certain actions in certain places can produce specific consequences. Whether the consequences are pleasurable or aversive, we can usually predict the outcome of our actions.

4) Based on what you read from this section, what are two things that relate to your life? How so?

Of course, I can relate the “ABC’s” to everyday actions, or to any action for that matter. For example, I start my car>The car is running>I can drive the car.

I can also relate to manipulation. Although it is in our nature to automatically assume that manipulation is a bad thing, we learn from the text that we don’t actually have to look at it that way. We all know how to manipulate the consequences of a situation—how to try and change a behavior or antecedent to create the desired consequence.

Section 1.2

5) What did you find interesting in the section? Why?
The contrasting ideas of punishment and reinforcement were interesting to think about. It helped me think of my own environment and how I could apply these ideas to my own life. Changing a behavior of someone else or yourself may be as simple as knowing when and how to implicate these ideas. These also tie into manipulating behavior, as explained in Section 1.1; how we can manipulate in a good way—to help someone else convert a bad habit, help ourselves convert a bad habit (self-reinforcement), or for even selfish reasons.

6) What did you find least interesting? Why?
I wish there had been included the behavioral effects of physical punishment. Although it is looked down upon, I think most of the current generations and older experienced some kind of physical punishment as children. I got “spankings” when necessary and soap/hot sauce in my mouth for swearing. I don’t feel scarred for life or hate my parents; I actually have a great respect for them. I am interested in why it is looked down upon now. I believe it would be relevant to include this kind of information to students, as some of us are already parents or will be parents, and it would be nice to be able to apply this information to our parenting.

7) How does the section relate to what you already knew/learned previously? Note: This can be from previous chapters or from other classes, etc.
I have previously learned about punishment and reinforcement. One example I can think of is from my psychology and law class. Jail time and rehabilitation are good examples of punishment and reinforcement, respectively.

8) Based on what you read from this section, what are two things that relate to your life? How so?

I can think of times when I have used manipulation tactics, whether they be for a good cause or for selfish reasons. For example, catching your parents or your boss in a good mood on purpose in order to ask a favor.

Also, we can all probably relate to positive and negative valence. I can think of a few times where I was starting to like a guy… We were happy to be around each other and happy with the qualities in one another, so much that we could see a long term future together. However, spending more time together and moving in together turned the positive valence we had into negative. We saw more and more of each other to the point where things turned negative.

9) How has reading these sections influenced what you originally thought about behavior modification? How so?

These sections have confirmed what I already have learned about behavior modification. I have learned about consequences, punishment, manipulation, and reinforcement through other classes, as well as through my own environment and life experiences.

Terms: Antecedent, Pleasurable, Aversive, Behavior Modification, Consequence, Manipulation, Punishment, Reinforcement, Self-Reinforcement, Positive Valence, Negative Valence

1) What did you find interesting in the section? Why?

In this section I found the three parts to behavior, the ABCs themselves to be the most interesting. I liked the example about telling a joke at a funeral. It's something that I just know not to do, but I have never thought about. I found this interesting because it made me think of a lot more situations in which a behavior we emit every day could have two different consequences. I liked how the antecedent could be the same or different, or the behavior could change and there could be a number of different consequences.

2) What did you find least interesting? Why?

I honestly found pretty much everything in this section interesting. The only thing that I lost interest in as filling out the boxes about the behaviors I emit.

3) How does the section relate to what you already knew/learned previously?
Note: This can be from previous chapters or from other classes, etc.

This section took things in knew or knew of and made sense of them for me. I knew that behaviors had consequences, but I never actually thought about all of the behaviors people do. Even the small things have consequences.

4) Based on what you read from this section, what are two things that relate to your life? How so?

One thing that I can relate to my life is the funeral example. I know not to do things like tell jokes at a funeral, because if I did I would get a sour look. (Basically how to react in different situations)

Another thing I can relate to my life is being around people that have done things such as tell a joke at a funeral. Reading this made me think of people i have seen act "out of the normal" or unacceptably.

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

5) What did you find interesting in the section? Why?

In this section I found the the importance of reinforcement interesting. I grew up in a house where punishment greatly outweighed reinforcement. I think being positive reinforcement and praise is a much better method than punishment.

6) What did you find least interesting? Why?

Just like the previous section I didn't really find anything that wasn't very interesting to me.

7) How does the section relate to what you already knew/learned previously?
Note: This can be from previous chapters or from other classes, etc.

This relates to what I know because growing up in a house hold with little positive reinforcement and a lot of punishment made me want to do thing differently. I have a puppy and I have been trying to use positive reinforcement to train him. Sometimes its hard but I notice he learns quicker and easier with positive reinforcement.

8) Based on what you read from this section, what are two things that relate to your life? How so?

I can relate the positive reinforcement to my life by how I am trying to train my puppy. I can relate the punishment to my life by my mom's parenting. (I make her sound horrible haha.. she was just really really strict and if something was not done perfect we were always in big trouble)

9) How has reading these sections influenced what you originally thought about behavior modification? How so?

reading these sections made me even more interested in behavior modification. at first i was interested but now that i can relate more to some of the content it spiked my interest.

10) Once you are done with your post make list of the terms and terminology you used in your post and put them at the bottom of your post.

behavior, consequence, emit, (positive) reinforcement, punishment