intro to behaviour modification Flashcards
what is behaviour modification?
field of psychology concerned with analyzing and modifying behaviour (applied behaviour analysis)
how can you increase a particular behaviour?
study for X amount of time, you can watch netflix
how can you decrease a particular behaviour?
no longer engaging in a certain activity, negative punishment
how can receiving attention become reinforcing?
harming self to receive either good or bad attention
what is behaviour?
it depends on who you ask!
what is behaviour according to a behaviourist?
overt (external) actions
- how the environment around us causes us to react and can be quantified and observed easily
skinner was a..?
radical behaviourist
what is behaviour according to a cognitive psychologist?
overt and covert (internal, hidden) actions; thoughts, feelings and emotions
what are the aspects of behaviour that matter
- actions, not labels
- measureable dimensions
- observable
- it is lawful
- impacts the environment
- overt or covert
how do “actions, not labels” describe behaviour?
- operational definitions: here is the term, here is how we are going to measure it
- describing the process we are looking for (this is the behaviour we are looking for)
what are some examples of measurable dimensions?
- frequency
- duration
- intensity
- latency (total time)
what is important when looking at extinction?
persistence!
what makes something observable?
- measured
- recorded
- documented
what does it mean for a behaviour to be lawful?
- it follows the rules of the situations it is occurring
(if pecking gets a bird food, and they continue that behaviour )
how can behaviour impact the physical environment?
pushing, pulling
