Positive Reinforcement Of Increase Daily Water Intake

Week one was designed to perform a preliminary observation about my daily water consumption. This step gave me the baseline data I needed for comparison on how much progress I made at the end of the three-week project. During the final two weeks of the project, I actively tried to increase my water consumption and tracked my progress each day. Therefore, I was also able to make observations about the experiences I encountered. In the paragraphs that follow, I will describe my own personal experiences during the weeks that I actively tried to change my behavior. This description will also include, my initial plan, the strategies I implemented during the project, the factors that played a role in my success or defeat, what the data I collected reveals about my overall change, and the experiences that surprised me while trying to change my daily water

Negative reinforcement is removing an unpleasant consequence when a behavior is exhibited in order to encourage said behavior. This was shown when

According to Kail and Cavanaugh the theory established by Skinner known as operant conditioning is a “learning paradigm in which the consequences of a behavior determine whether a behavior is repeated in the future” (p. 13). This theory to an extent, parallels the previous theory of operant conditioning but is also important in trying to understand why one makes the decisions they do as well as how often they partake in certain behaviors. Through his theory Skinner displayed that there are two types of consequences, reinforcement and punishment, in which one increases the chances of repeated behavior and the other vice versa. Reinforcement is the component that increases the likeliness of repeated behavior and includes two divisions, negative and positive. Negative reinforcement is that in which a person’s

Sheldon used chocolate to train Penny to act in ways that he found pleasant. The use of chocolate as a reward can be seen a positive reinforcement. He did the opposite with Leonard, treating him much more like a cat, by using a spray bottle with water. The spray bottle is negative reinforcement. I think that we train and condition ourselves and everyone around us, and it can be said for every individual. Training starts at the youngest age when we can figure out something we like and our parents incorporate it into having us do what they want us to do in return for what we like. The good girl bad boy stage can play heavily into training and conditioning especially when praised by an appointed idol. The conditioning even continues as we are

Skinner’s reinforcement experiments conducted on rats showed the principles of operant conditioning. While working with rats, Skinner would place them in a Skinner box with a lever attached to a feeding tube. After multiple trials, rats learned the connection between the lever and food, and started to spend more time in the box procuring food than performing any other action. He used positive reinforcement, and negative reinforcement to produce or inhibit specific target behaviors. Therefore, if a specific behavior is reinforced then the probability of that behavior occurring again is increased. Based on Skinner’s view, this theory can be applied to learning because learning is nothing more than a change in behavior. Operant conditioning encourages positive reinforcement, which can be applied in the classroom environment to get the good behavior you want and need from students. One of the ways of reinforcing a student’s behavior is through praise. Also teachers can build operant conditioning techniques into their lesson plans to teach children possible skills as well as good behaviors. For example: to give a smiley face, or motivational stamps to encourage children to perform correctly and encourage them to repeat such action again.

Positive reinforcement is a very compelling and efficient tool to help form and change habits. Positive reinforcement works by imparting a motivating item to the individual after the preferred behavior is exhibited, making the behavior more likely to happen sooner than later. An instance of this tactic would be Jimmy getting $10 for each A he earned on his report card. The definition

A researcher named Burrhus Frederic Skinner thought he would develop the idea of operant conditioning. He suggested than we act in regard to consequences (reward or punishment) in which we actively learn. He suggested there are 3 types of these consequences of behavior; positive reinforcement, negative reinforcement and punishment. Positive reinforcement is receiving a reward for acting in a certain way. An example of this could be getting a school prize for performing well in your exams, because of the reinforcement of the prize, the student will try to perform well every time. Negative reinforcement occurs when we act in a way that avoids an unpleasant consequence (e.g. not being late to a meeting because you do not want to be perceived as rude). Punishment is an unpleasant consequence that comes from the way we act. For example, gaining a detention for arriving late to lessons. Punishment decreases like probability that behaviour is likely to be repeated. Whereas, in positive and negative reinforcement the chances are you will repeat the behaviour. Skinner’s conducted research in the form of a lab experiment. He used a hungry rat that was placed in a cage that had been especially developed for the purpose of the study and was named Skinner’s box. In the cage was a button and a food dispenser. When the rat pressed the button food would appear in the dispenser. The animal soon learned that

This lab tests different forms of conditioning on a virtual rat named Sniffy. In this experiment we began with the virtual rat completely unconditioned and then worked towards getting Sniffy to pull the lever and get food on his own. We went through many steps to complete this task starting with getting Sniffy to notice the food chamber, the lever, and finally having Sniffy realize he can obtain food whenever he wanted by pressing the lever. Then, pushing it further, we made him press the level two, three, four and then five times to receive one pellet. All of these steps tested the idea that receiving the food as a reward will allow Sniffy to realize the benefits of learning and conditioning himself to do things that have a positive outcome more.

The intervention was successful at increasing the participant’s consumption of water and enabled her to meet her initial goal of thirty-two ounces of water over the course of 5 sessions; however it is unknown how much of the success is due to awareness of monitoring or if the results will be maintained. One modification was made during the intervention due to the realization that coffee needed to be farther away from the participant. Initially it was not part of the intervention to remove it; however it was found that unless it was out of reach the participant would automatically grab the coffee even if the water was right next to it. After moving the coffee to the kitchen, it was no longer an issue. The initial intention was to complete an ABAB pattern intervention to display control but a

Children in early years may have trouble accepting to taste new food, through rewards parents can encourage children to try new food. Skinner believed children learnt behaviour through actions and consequences. McLeod (2007) defined Skinners approach to changing behaviour by the use of reinforcement. Positive reinforcement strengthen behaviour by rewarding individuals. Similarly to children’s eating behaviour, children may learn to accept food through rewards from parents to encourage children to try and be healthy. Children can be rewarded through verbal praise, given a present or rewarded with a sugary snack. Wardle and Cooke (2008) conducted a study of children receiving a sticker for eating a piece of red pepper, over the ten days children

The psychologist B. F Skinner believed that “changes in behavior are the result of an individual’s response to events (stimuli) that occur in the environment” (All About Operant Conditioning, 2006, Para 2). The following paper will discuss a learning situation in which an exercise routine is thought. The paper will evaluate the application of instrumental conditioning to this learning situation. As part of the analysis the learning situation will be described, the paper will compare and contrast the concepts of positive and negative reinforcement as related to learning situation, and explain the role of reward and punishment in learning an exercise routine. Finally, the paper will explain which form of instrumental conditioning would be

In a study done by Dianne M. Tice and Roy F Baumester (1997), procrastination was shown to cause a higher amount of stress for college students late in the semester, an overall increase in illness, and lower grades on assignments. Thus, procrastination on studying, or “cramming,” can be inferred to have a negative effect on both health and exam performance. The purpose of this experiment is to reduce cramming by increasing the time spent studying daily for my Psych 111 class through operational conditioning using M&M’s as a positive reinforcer. Studying is conceptually defined as the act of devoting time and attention to acquiring knowledge on a subject. Before the experiment was performed, the daily time spent studying for Psych 111 averaged 10-20 minutes. The positive reinforcer, M&M’s, are conceptually defined as button-shaped candies produced by Mars, Incorporated that contain a milk chocolate interior. Chocolate serves as an effective positive reinforcer as it stimulates the release of pleasure-causing endorphins (Dyer 2006). Because chocolate stimulates pleasure and arousal, I hypothesized that my study time will increase compared to my study time not using a positive reinforcement as I will be motivated to study more for the chocolate reward. The goal of this experiment is to increase study time to at least 30 minutes of studying per day on average while the subject is being positively reinforced.

My measureable goal was to eat three servings of fruit a day by April 22, 2017. I picked this goal because of the benefits of increasing fruit intake. In order to make sure I adhere to my target goal I will eat three different fruits in a day so I won’t get sick of a certain fruit. I also choose to eat half a cup of blueberries a day to help stimulate new brain cells (dailymail UK, 2017). At the beginning I didn 't like blueberries at all, but now have a obsession with them. I also set up an alarm on my phone to remind me to eat fruit in the morning, at lunch, and at

Utilizing appropriate health psychology strategies to establish health-enhancing behaviors is critical to preventing the onset of chronic illnesses. Through this assignment, I monitored my consumption of sugar from unhealthy-food items for one week. I then utilized cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) strategies and the transtheoretical model of behavior change model to design an effective intervention plan that I implemented for two weeks.

Operant conditioning has made a significant contribution into the development of psychology. However, as with most psychological theories, this theory it has its strengths and weaknesses. Nevertheless, operant conditioning, with both its positive and negative aspects, is very important in promoting learning of desirable behaviors or removal of undesirable