Self Management

Question 1

• Behavioural excesses usually involve…

* Give an example of each scenario

Answer 1

• Immediate reinf’t for behaviour vs. delayed punish’t for behaviour OR delayed reinf’t for alternative behaviour
• Drinking/over-eating; tv over study

Question 2

What 3 factors decide which competing consequence will win?

Answer 2

The reinforcers:
Immediacy
Strength
Certainty

Question 3

• Behavioural deficits usually involve…

* Give an example of each circumstance

Answer 3

• Immediate certain punish’t for behaviour vs uncertain punish’t for not behaving OR delayed punish’t
• wearing a helmet; not going to the dentist

Question 4

What 5 antecedents influence behaviour?

Give an example of how each can influence behaviour

Answer 4

• People
• Places
• Time of day
• Activities
• Emotions/Moods

Question 5

What is response effort?

Answer 5

The ease/difficulty of engaging in a particular behaviour

Question 6

How can response effort be used to influence behaviour?

Answer 6

Increase the amount of effort necessary for things we shouldn’t do
Decrease the effort necessary to engage in desirable behaviour

Question 7

What must be understood before we can change behaviour?

Answer 7

The contingencies that affect behaviour

Question 8

Give an example of using ‘controlling behaviour’ to effect a change in ‘behaviour to be controlled’

Answer 8

Xbox unplugged before test

Snack food thrown away

Question 9

According to the behavioural model of self control, when does self control occur?

Answer 9

When an individual behaves in a way that changes the environment to manage his/her own subsequent behaviour

Question 10

What are the first steps in a self-control program?

Answer 10

Specify the target behaviour and set goals

Question 11

The ease/difficulty of engaging in a particular behaviour is known as

Answer 11

Response effort

Question 12

Some reinforcers are automatic and strengthen behaviour even when the individual is not aware of its presence. Why is this a problem?

Answer 12

The different settings wherein this reinf’t occurred will increase probability of engaging in the behaviour in future

Question 13

For each of the main classes of antecedents imagine that a particular Sd/S^ is affecting behaviour and give a way of managing it

Answer 13

People; places; moods; time of day; activities

Question 14

One method of avoiding eating junk food is filling up on healthy food to make the crap seem less appealing. What is this an example of?

Answer 14

Motivating operations: abolishing operations

Question 15

Define mastery criteria

Answer 15

Performance requirements for a skill so that if criteria are met, the behaviour has been learned.

Question 16

Give an example of mastery criteria where self control is concerned

Answer 16

Exercising: if a person consistently exercises for 5 minutes a day the behaviour has been learned and the next approximation of target behaviour can be issued