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Please read sections 1.3 and 1.4 for this week.

After reading the sections, think of all the terms and concepts used in all of section 1 (1.1, 1.2 and the ones in these two sections).  Please respond to the following questions and try to use these terms and concepts as you respond to the following questions.

Which section did you like the most? Why? Which section did you like the least? Why? What do you think is the most useful piece of information from section 1.3? Why? Most useful from 1.4? Why? What are your thoughts on the use of reinforcement? Why? What are your thoughts on the use of punishment? Why?

Prior to reading these sections, what did you think about behavior modification?  Why? What are three things you will remember from what you read in the sections? Why? How has reading the sections changed what you originally thought about behavior modification? How so?

Finally indicate two topics or concepts that you would like me to cover in more depth in class.

Let me know if you have any questions.

Brief description of clip.

This is a link to an unsubscribe page from a site called Groupon.com. When you click on its unsubscribe page you get a button where you can click on to punish Derrick. Derrick is the guy that subscribed you in the first place.

http://www.groupon.com/new-york/unsubscribed

Breakdown:

A=In the context of an internet company
B=Derrick subscribing people
C=Gets beverage tossed in his face

Getting a beverage tossed in his face is aversive so Derrick will subscribe people less often.
Since "C" involves adding something it is Positive.
Since "B" will decrease it is Punishment.

Therefore this is Positive Punishment.

Analysis: In the context of an internet website where subscribers to the groupon.com can go to unsubscribe to their email service. Once at the site there is a button that says PUNNISH DERRICK. Derrick is presumable the guy that signed you up in the first place.

The button elicits a clicking behavior on my part (although this is not the target behavior I am interest in this example. Once I emit a clicking behavior the video starts with a co-worker possibly a boss of Derrick's approaching and scolding him which is an aversive consequence, and then he throws his beverage (presumably coffee) in Derrick's face.

This is an example of positive punishment because an aversive consequence is added to reduce the unwanted behavior of Derrick's. As a result this should decrease the frequency of Derrick subscribing people to their email list.

Extended notes below....

Token Economy - On Tuesday (week #15) we will cover the use of token economies in class. For this post I would like you to develop a token economy to practice what you learned.

What is your setting?
What behavior class are you going to change?
What are the target behaviors you are going to change though reinforcement (Keep in mind the use of DROs)?
What type of token are you going to use?
What are some considerations for the use of these tokens?
What are you going to use for the backup reinforcers?
What was your rationale for choosing these reinforcers?
What is the token value and how did you select that value?
What are you using for a bank and how did you arrive at that decision?
What are the hours of operation for your bank?
Who will you need to explain your program to?
How will you go about explaining your program (what will you actually say)?
What is your plan for reducing the need for tokens to maintain the target behavior?
Looking back at your token economy you have planned, what are some potential problems you should anticipate and plan for?

Let me know if you have any questions,

--Dr. M

What I would like you to do for this homework is to have some fun and find some websites places or organizations that use or tried to use token economies. Please try to incorporate the behavioral terms we are learning into your writing and some material from the lecture on token economies.

1) Please discuss your topic in general, why it interests you (or not) and how it relates to behavior modification.

2) Post at least 2 links to the sites you visited that were most informative about token economies.

3) Discuss how these sites further expanded your understanding of token economies (kind of like a conclusion).

4) Make a list of behavioral terms you used in this post (this is to help get you focused on using behavioral terms in your regular writings).

Thanks. 

Please use this to comment on your reading for sec 5.5.

1) I'll leave it up to you about what and how you would like to comment, however I would ask that you attempt to write using behavioral terms.

2) Discuss how you might use the premack principle to change the reinforcers related to your behavioral project in terms of the material in section 5.5.

Please use this to comment on your reading for sec 5.4.

1) I'll leave it up to you about what and how you would like to comment, however I would ask that you attempt to write using behavioral terms.

2) Discuss how you can change the antecedants related to your behavioral project in terms of the material in section 5.4.

After reading section 5.3 (I'll email that to you) conduct a functional assessment of the target behavior you have decided to use for your project.

1) State the target behavior

2) What are the antecedents to the behavior?

3) What are the consequences to the behavior?

4) How do you think the behavior is functioning? List several hypotheses as to why in the order of most liekly.

5) For the top hypothesis, what might be an intervention you might use to change the frequency of the behavior?

Let me know if you have any questions,

--Dr. M

Please use this to comment on your reading for sec 5.2.

1) I'll leave it up to you about what and how you would like to comment, however I would ask that you attempt to write using behavioral terms.

2) Discuss the rules that you have related to your behavioral project in terms of the material in section 5.2.

Please use this to comment on your reading for sec 5.1.

1) I'll leave it up to you about what and how you would like to comment, however I would ask that you attempt to write using behavioral terms.

2) Discuss how you are going to measure and record your behaviors related to your behavioral project in terms of the material in section 5.1.

Please use this to comment on your reading for sec 4.3.

1) I'll leave it up to you about what and how you would like to comment, however I would ask that you attempt to write using behavioral terms.

2) Discuss the goals that you have related to your behavioral project in terms of the material in section 4.3.

Hi Class - we will be having our mid-term the Thursday before Spring Break. I am in the middle of formulating the exam and would like your input on what you feel is fair game for test. I will seriously take your responses into consideration while making the exam.

1) What topics are fair game to cover?

2) What topics are not fair game to cover?

3) How would you like to be tested?

We have been putting a great deal of work into using the terms and terminology we have learned so far in our posts and comments. For this exercize I would like you to comment on 3 existing posts (or comments) on the class website. Write the terms you used in your response; count the number of terms and then write "the number of terms are...."

Assume that everything on the website relates to behavior modification. In your response discuss the post or comment in behavioral terms from a behavioral perspective.  

A good example of what I am talking about can be found at:

http://www.psychologicalscience.com/bmod/2010/02/a-conversation-with-temple-grandin-audio.html#comments

Once you respond to 3 posts or comments go then write:

1) My first response was on the following post or comment and the number of terms is.....

2) My second response was on the following post or comment and the number of terms is.....

3) My third response was on the following post or comment and the number of terms is.....

4) Add the the numbers from 1, 2, and 3 and write the total number of terms is......

After reading section 4.2 please do the following:

1) Write the class of behavior you are working on for your self-directed behavior project.

2) Decide on 1 behavior you are going to do to help you achieve your goal. This will be the behavior you will be writing down / recording and graphing.

3) Write the behavior as a specific target behavior.

4) State why it is a good target behavior - i.e., how does it fit the requirements of a good target behavior?

5) State how you are going to quantify the behavior - i.e., how are you going to graph the behavior? What will the label on the y-axis of your graph say?

Don't start recording your behavior just yet.

By now you should have read section 4.1 and you should have posted a behavioral class you want to use for your self-directed behavior. If you have not - go back and do this first.

For this post I would like to 1) post the behavioral class you are going to use, and 2) list at least 3 target behaviors you might help  you to achieve your behavioral goal (either reinforce or punish - doens;t matter right now).

Notice in my comment that I haven't given very specific target behaviors - we will go over these again later - for now just put down some behaviors that will help yyou achieve your desired behavior.

When you are done with this section you can read 4.2 which will be due on Tuesday week #8.

Please read the email I sent out before starting this project. If you don't have the email let me know and I'll resend it.

For this assignment simply state what class of behavior you are going to work on for your self-directed behavior project (Recall that we worked on behavioral classes in section 1.5 - go back and review if you need to).

You are not committing yourself to this behavioral class, you can change it later.

When you finish your comment - you can start on the reading sec 4.1 due Friday - http://www.psychologicalscience.com/bmod/2010/02/section-31-due-friday.html

By now you should have several weeks worth of data for your eating food project.

Please provide the following:

1) What was your food eating goal?

2) What was your target behavior?

3) How did you record your eating behavior on a day to day basis?

4) What was your baseline behavior? Was it an increasing or decreasing trend?

5) What was your intervention? Did you use reinforcement if you reached your weekly goal? What did you use as a reinforcer?

6) Was your intervention successful? Did the trend line decrease?

7) What did you think of this project? What was the hardest thing about this project?

8) If you were to do another behavioral project what behavior would you work on?

What I would like you to do for this homework is to have some fun and find some websites of a topic that interests you and that relates to behavior modification. Please try to incorporate the behavioral terms we are learning into your writing.

1) Please discuss your topic in general, why it interests you and how it relates to behavior modification.

2) Post at least 2 links to the sites you visited that were most informative about your topic. For each site discuss the information you found and how it relates to your topic (please don't just say they discussed positive reinforcement - how do they go about it? etc?).

3) Discuss how these sites further expanded your understanding of your topic of interest (kind of like a conclusion).

4) Make a list of behavioral terms you used in this post (this is to help get you focused on using behavioral terms in your regular writings).

Thanks. 

For this assignment please find a short video clip online the extinction of a behavior that was previously reinforced.

I would like you to:

1) write a brief description of the video and provide the url

2) Based on what we covered in class so far, I would like you to identify the ABC's (These should be listed out A=; B=; and C=). The main behavior involved in the video, the antecedents to the behavior, and the consequences of the behavior using the terms and terminology we have learned from the book, class, and other sources.

Remember we are looking for the shaping of a behavior.

Keep these questions in mind when formulating your response. Is there an establishing operation involved? Any discriminative stimulus? What is the context? Who / what is eliciting the behavior? Who is emitting it? Etc.? Was punishment or reinforcment used/ was it positive or negative? What was the previously reinforced behavior? Was there an extinction burst? Was there variability in the  behavior? Spontaneous recovery? etc.

Use these questions when you formulate your video response - don't simply answer each questions.

3) Finally, please make a list of the behavioral terms used in your response.

This is due Saturday.

Let me know if you have any questions,

--Dr. M

For this assignment please find a short video clip online where the shaping of a behavior is occurring.

I would like you to:

1) write a brief description of the video and provide the url

2) Based on what we covered in class so far, I would like you to identify the ABC's (These should be listed out A=; B=; and C=). The main behavior involved in the video, the antecedents to the behavior, and the consequences of the behavior using the terms and terminology we have learned from the book, class, and other sources.

Remember we are looking for the shaping of a behavior.

Keep these questions in mind when formulating your response. Is there an establishing operation involved? Any discriminative stimulus? What is the context? Who / what is eliciting the behavior? Who is emitting it? Etc.? Was punishment or reinforcment used/ was it positive or negative?

Use these questions when you formulate your video response - don't simply answer each questions.

3) Finally, please make a list of the behavioral terms used in your response.

This is due Saturday.

Let me know if you have any questions,

--Dr. M

For this assignment please find a short video clip online where superstitious behavior is occurring.

I would like you to:

1) write a brief description of the video and provide the url

2) Based on what we covered in class so far, I would like you to identify the ABC's (These should be listed out A=; B=; and C=). The main behavior involved in the video, the antecedents to the behavior, and the consequences of the behavior using the terms and terminology we have learned from the book, class, and other sources.

Remember we are looking for superstitious behavior.

Keep these questions in mind when formulating your response. Is there an establishing operation involved? Any discriminative stimulus? What is the context? Who / what is eliciting the behavior? Who is emitting it? Etc.? 

Use these questions when you formulate your video response - don't simply answer each questions.

3) Finally, please make a list of the behavioral terms used in your response.

This is due Thursday.

Let me know if you have any questions,

--Dr. M

Please use this to comment on your reading for sec 3.4. I'll leave it up to you about what and how you would like to comment, however I would ask that you attempt to write using behavioral terms. I will also use this as a way to 'time stamp' that you read the section on or before Saturday.

Let me know if you have any questions,

--Dr. M

Please use this to comment on your reading for sec 3.3. I'll leave it up to you about what and how you would like to comment, however I would ask that you attempt to write using behavioral terms. I will also use this as a way to 'time stamp' that you read the section on or before Thursday.

Let me know if you have any questions,

--Dr. M

Please use this to comment on your reading for sec 3.1. I'll leave it up to you about what and how you would like to comment, however I would ask that you attempt to write using behavioral terms. I will also use this as a way to 'time stamp' that you read the section on or before Saturday.

Let me know if you have any questions,

--Dr. M

Please use this to comment on your reading for sec 2.2. I'll leave it up to you about what and how you would like to comment, however I would ask that you attempt to write using behavioral terms. I will also use this as a way to 'time stamp' that you read the section on or before Thursday.

Let me know if you have any questions,

--Dr. M

"Animal scientist Temple Grandin says autism helps her see things as animals do. Grandin talks about her work designing humane slaughter systems for animals, and her unique way of looking at the world."

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5165123

1) What aspects of the interview relate to the material we are covering in our class? 2) What terms and concepts did they use correctly (or incorrectly)? 3) What aspect of the interview did you find the most interesting and why?

What I would like you to do - using the format we have for the other video assignments - find a video that includes both reinforcement and punishment. Break it down into the ABCs and discuss the videos in behavioral terms.

Please use this to comment on your reading for sec 2.2. I'll leave it up to you about what and how you would like to comment, however I would ask that you attempt to write using behavioral terms. I will also use this as a way to 'time stamp' that you read the section on or before Thursday.

Let me know if you have any questions,

--Dr. M

What I would like you to do for this homework is to have some fun and find some websites of a topic that interests you and that relates to behavior modification. Please try to incorporate the behavioral terms we are learning into your writing.

1) Please discuss your topic in general, why it interests you and how it relates to behavior modification.

2) Post at least 2 links to the sites you visited that were most informative about your topic. For each site discuss the information you found and how it relates to your topic (please don't just say they discussed positive reinforcement - how do they go about it? etc?).

3) Discuss how these sites further expanded your understanding of your topic of interest (kind of like a conclusion).

4) Make a list of behavioral terms you used in this post (this is to help get you focused on using behavioral terms in your regular writings).

Thanks. 

Please use this to comment on your reading for sec 2.3. I'll leave it up to you about what and how you would like to comment, however I would ask that you attempt to write using behavioral terms. I will also use this as a way to 'time stamp' that you read the section on or before Friday. I realize that the Thursday and Friday due dates are close together. If you want you can turn in your Friday assignments in on Saturday.

Please include a list at the end of the behavioral terms you used in the comment you posted.

Let me know if you have any questions,

--Dr. M

For this assignment please find a short video clip online where punishment is occurring. Based on what we covered in class so far, I would like you to identify the ABC's (These should be listed out A=; B=; and C=). The main behavior involved in the video, the antecedents to the behavior, and the consequences of the behavior using the terms and terminology we have learned from the book, class, and other sources.

Remember we are looking for punishment - the behavior (B) has to decrease in the future as a result of the consequence (C).

Keep these questions in mind when formulating your response. Is there an establishing operation involved? Any discriminitive stimulus? What is the context? Is it positive or negative punishment? Who / what is eliciting the behavior? Who is emitting it? Etc.? 

Use these questions when you formulate your video repsonse - don't simply answer each questions.

Finally, please make a list of the behavioral terms used in your response.

This is due Saturday - however since the Thursday and Friday due dates are so close together I changed the due date.

Let me know if you have any questions,

--Dr. M

For this assignment please find a short video clip online where punishment is occurring. Based on what we covered in class so far, I would like you to identify the ABC's. The main behavior involved in the video, the antecedents to the behavior, and the consequences of the behavior using the terms and terminology we have learned from the book, class, and other sources.

Keep these questions in mind when formulating your response. Is there an establishing operation involved? Any discriminitive stimulus? What is the context? Is it positive or negative punishment? Who / what is eliciting the behavior? Who is emitting it? Etc.? 

Use these questions when you formulate your video repsonse - don't simply answer each questions.

Finally, please make a list of the behavioral terms used in your response.

This is due Friday - however since the Thursday and Friday due dates are so close together you can send this in on Saturday if you like.

Let me know if you have any questions,

--Dr. M

Please use this to comment on your reading for sec 2.1. I'll leave it up to you about what and how you would like to comment, however I would ask that you attempt to write using behavioral terms. I will also use this as a way to 'time stamp' that you read the section on or before Friday. I realize that the Thursday and Friday due dates are close together. If you want you can turn in your Friday assignments in on Saturday.

Please include a list at the end of the behavioral terms you used in the comment you posted.

Let me know if you have any questions,

--Dr. M

What I would like you to do for this homework is to have some fun and find some websites of a topic that interests you and that relates to behavior modification. Please try to incorporate the behavioral terms we are learning into your writing.

1) Please discuss your topic in general, why it interests you and how it relates to behavior modification.

2) Post at least 2 links to the sites you visited that were most informative about your topic. For each site discuss the information you found and how it relates to your topic (please don't just say they discussed positive reinforcement - how do they go about it? etc?).

3) Discuss how these sites further expanded your understanding of your topic of interest (kind of like a conclusion).

4) Make a list of behavioral terms you used in this post (this is to help get you focused on using behavioral terms in your regular writings).

Thanks. 

Please use this to comment on your reading for sec1.5. I'll leave it up to you about what and how you would like to comment, however I would ask that you attempt to write using behavioral terms. I will also use this as a way to 'time stamp' that you read the section on or before Thursday.

Let me know if you have any questions,

--Dr. M

For this assignment please find a short video clip online. Based on what we covered in class on Thursday, I would like you to identify the main behavior involved in the video, the antecedents to the behavior, and the consequences of the behavior using the terms and terminology we have learned from the book, class, and other sources. If you can, tell us if it is reinforcement or punishment and what you base that on (why). When you post make sure you 1) first describe the video in regular lay terms, 2) describe it in behavioral terms (ABCs - use as many of the terms we have already learned so far), 3) is it reinforcement or punishment, and 4) Post the url.

Use the numbering when you make your post.

I will provide an example in a comment below....

What I would like you to do for this homework is to have some fun and find some websites of a topic that interests you and post it here as a comment. At this point I am not as concerned with exactly how you compose the actual post for this activity. I am more concerned that you have a meaningful experience searching out and learning about your topic.

Thanks.