For this assignment, the student will take on the task of using behaviorism to assess and change a personal behavior utilizing the  tenants of either classical conditioning, operant conditioning or both.

Create a 12  slide PowerPoint presentation that provides an overview of the behavioral change.

Use the following guidelines to complete your presentation:

1. Include a title, introduction, discussion, and reference slide (four slides minimum).
2. Provide an overview of the definition of behavior and create an operational definition for the behavior the student wishes to change (consider using  the “Dead Man Test” to help define the behavior).
3. Explain the desire for change, why is it important to incorporate this specific behavioral change.
4. Track the behavior for three or more days documenting; how often the behavior occurs as well as the antecedents for the behavior and the  consequences.
5. Explain the behavioral intervention, how will the student increase a desired behavior or decrease a maladaptive one?
6. Track  the results of the behavioral change with the intervention in place,  how often does the behavior occur each day, how often did the reward or  punishment occur?
7. Use a graph to compare the observation period from the experimental period.
8. Document the results of the experiment; did change occur, what was the cause?

Behaviors  may include, but are not limited to: tardiness, smoking, drinking,  gambling, compulsive eating, social media addiction, interrupting, nail-biting, swearing, eating fast food, compulsive shopping, speaking with your mouth full, biting pens, or biting nails. You could also choose to  start a new habit: taking vitamins, applying sunscreen before going  outside, putting money in savings, exercise, etc.

Procrastination is NOT an appropriate behavior to choose for this assignment! You must choose something measurable!

Utilize  information from the textbook and the GCU library. Information from  non-peer-reviewed resources (e.g., simplypsychology.com, about.com, and  W  ikipedia) will not be accepted.

Include speaker notes below each content-related slide that represent what would be said if giving  the presentation in person. Expand upon the information included in the  slide and do not simply restate it (50 words per slide).

APA style is not required, but solid academic writing is expected.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

Benchmark Information
This benchmark assignment assesses the following programmatic competency.
BS Psychology, No Emphasis
BS Psychology, Emphasis in Performance and Sport Psychology
4.1 Implement strategies for self-management and self-improvement

Needs help with similar assignment?

We are available 24x7 to deliver the best services and assignment ready within 3-4 hours? Order a custom-written, plagiarism-free paper

Get Answer Over WhatsApp Order Paper Now

Graded Homework Assignment #2

On Description and Inference, Types of Evidence, Standard Form, Arguments and Sub-arguments

Chapters 1, 2, 3 in text

20 points Total:  20% of Final Grade

 DUE Friday August 7, 2015 11:59 p.m

 

 

All assignments should be typed;  should include the numbers of the questions; and should follow directions below, as to use of complete sentences, standard form, sub-argument, etc. wherever I so indicate.

 

Part I of this assignment is based on the New York Times Magazine article, “Identification, Please” by Helen MacDonald, June 19^th, 2015.  A link to this article is provided under Part I (Description and Inference).

 

Part II of this assignment is based on the New York Times article, “Roads to Ruin”, by op-ed contributor, William F. Laurance, April 12^th, 2015.  A  link to this article is provided under Part II (on argument,  sub-argument, standard form, & types of evidence).

               

 There is also an optional extra credit question in Part III.

 

 

 

 

Part I:  Description and inference:  (6  points total)

This question is based on the following New York Times Magazine article:

 

On Nature Identification, Please By HELEN MACDONALD Learning how to use a field guide can make you feel at home anywhere in the world.
Or, copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://nyti.ms/1MRG09c

 

 

The above article begins with a “description” by the author of a view of Australia’s Blue Mountains National Park.  In the first paragraph of an approximately 1.5  – 2 page essay (double-spaced) you should address whether or not the author also makes any inferences within her description, or if she suggests that, from the description that she has just given, that she must now make some inferences.  You need not repeat the entire description, but only have to address the question about inferences.  The rest of your approximately 2 page essay, you should address the following questions, after reading the entire above article:

 

Most of this article includes a discussion of “natural-history field guides” by which people can try to identify various animals, birds, and plants in nature when they come across them during hikes, in their backyards, etc.   This raises some interesting questions about description and inference.  Do these guides actually provide only “descriptions” of the birds, plants, etc.,  or do some of the guides already include inferences or interpretations of the animals and plants?  Secondly, must the user of “field guides” make inferences from the “descriptions” of birds, animals and plants in the field guides, when they are trying to identify these animals and plants in the field?   What types of inferences, and how do they make these inferences in the field?   In your essay, you should address these questions, by drawing upon examples and details from the article.  You may also include other observations or your own about what the author discusses, especially if your observations also involve your own inferences, or involve comments about what counts as description and what counts as inference.  If you have ever used a field guide or some other type of guide to make identifications, you may include your experience in the essay, too.

 

PART II:  Argument, Sub-Argument, Standard Form and Types of Evidence (Total: 14 points:  #1:  10 points;  #2:  4 points)

 

This part is based on the following New York Times article:

 

Op-Ed Contributor Roads to Ruin By WILLIAM F. LAURANCE The relentless penetration of the last of our wilderness areas is paving the way to ecological disaster.
Or, copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://nyti.ms/1GZb2LQ

After reading the entire above article,  answer the following questions: 

1)      Select a main conclusion for the entire main argument of the article.  (There are several possibilities here  for a conclusion, and you need not rely on a direct quote from the article.)

                 Put into standard form the author’s argument with the conclusion you selected and include all the most important main premises. You are also required to include at least two sub-arguments in your standard form, but you should include more than two sub-arguments if it adds to the coherency of the argument.   Remember that parts of any long article might not actually be parts of the argument, although you should make sure that you include all important premises of the argument.

                Remember that sub-arguments should be integrated into the standard form of the entire main argument.  Examples of standard form can be found in the text and an example of sub-argument can be found in the electronic reserves article on Blackboard Learn,   “Thinking Clearly: A Guide to Critical Reasoning: Standardizing Arguments”, by Jill Leblanc((Look in attachments).   See also the power point presentation for Week 3.(In the attachments)

                 If you do not know what sub-arguments are, and how to integrate them into your standard form, you should consult me during office hours.  If you do not use standard form, you will receive a zero for this answer; and if you do not include sub-arguments (which also need to be incorporated into the standard form for the entire main argument), you will lose points on your answer.

                Remember that you can reconstruct the argument in your own words – you need not rely only on direct quotes.  In addition, remember that premises have to be statements – they should not be questions.  Therefore, rephrase any questions that you think are important to this argument, into statements.

                Do not try to simply “retell the entire story” and do not treat this as an outline.  The premises you select should support the conclusion you have selected (and they should be the reconstruction of the author’s argument, rather than your own argument).  In the sub-arguments that you set up, make sure that the “sub-premises” actually support the premise that you are treating as the sub-conclusion of the sub-argument.

                 Remember also that, in reconstructing an argument, it is not always necessary to proceed in the order of the article.   (10  points)

 

2)       Include in parentheses after each premise (and each sub-premise) in your argument for #1, the types of evidence that the author used (such as fact, factual judgment, reasoned speculation, conjecture, cause and effect, statistics, testimony, anecdotes, circumstantial evidence, conditional claims, analogy, etc.).  If necessary, you may discuss (in a paragraph) further types of evidence upon which the author relied (for this particular argument) that may not be indicated by the premises (and sub-premises) you include in #1, or as further explanation of the types of evidence you indicated in parentheses.   I am asking about types of evidence, as discussed in chapter 3 (pp. 93 ff of your text, and as also discussed on pp. 45 – 49, and as discussed in class and in the power point presentation from Week 5), and not the content of this evidence. (in the attachments) (4 points)

Needs help with similar assignment?

We are available 24x7 to deliver the best services and assignment ready within 3-4 hours? Order a custom-written, plagiarism-free paper

Get Answer Over WhatsApp Order Paper Now

Needs help with similar assignment?

We are available 24x7 to deliver the best services and assignment ready within 3-4 hours? Order a custom-written, plagiarism-free paper

Get Answer Over WhatsApp Order Paper Now

Synthesis Paper Instructions
Reviewed April 13, 2018

The purposes of this assignment are to:

· Demonstrate proper use of current APA format in a term paper.

· Demonstrate proper use of one of the research methods studied in this course—specifically, the case study.

· Reflect on what you have learned in this course and write about it.

· Reflect on the course content as critiqued from a biblical, Christian perspective and write about it.

· Note: Thinking and reflecting on what you have learned will take a considerable amount of time. Be sure to give yourself plenty of time for this assignment.

Instructions: Using a case study approach, write a four to eight page research-based paper using yourself as the research subject by answering the assigned research questions:

· What have you learned about research at an introductory level?

· How do you evaluate or critique this from a biblical, Christian perspective?

You will use the APA skills that you honed during Module/Week 3, the case study skills you developed in Module/Week 5, and all the content you studied throughout all the modules/weeks of this course. Current APA format needs to be demonstrated in all aspects of this assignment.

Your paper must include a properly-formatted title page, four to eight pages of content with correct APA formatting throughout, including proper citations and levels of headings, and a reference page. The title page and references page are in addition to the assigned four to eight pages of content. Maintain consistency between your citations and reference page. Your paper must include at least four references to sufficiently support your paper. Required references include your Introduction to Research textbook and the Publication Manual, and at least two additional scholarly references, plus whatever other content-related sources you would like to include. Remember, use current APA format throughout (including your title page, running head, author note, appropriate vocabulary and sentence structure, introductory statement, in-text citations, page numbers, levels of headings throughout the document, a conclusion statement, and consistency between your in-text citations and references).

You may use your Discussion Board Forum posts and additional personal reflection. Your answer will be unlike anyone else’s, and that is what is expected. Be sure to consult your Publication Manual for proper formatting for your in-text citations and references for these other sources.

Your assignment will be checked for plagiarism.

Note: Some matching on the SafeAssign report is not unexpected. You will be citing sources that others may have used in other papers, so some matches might appear. Your instructor will be able to discern what is appropriate matching due to properly cited sources. This assignment is open-book/open-notes, open-Bible, open to discussion with friends, etc. Be sure to document your sources appropriately as in-text citations and as references when you use the textbook or other material from this course, personal interviews with friends, etc.

This assignment requires that you incorporate proper APA formatting throughout the document. Formatting errors will result in point deductions.

Please follow the attached Grading Rubric

Virtual Book:

https://learn.liberty.edu/webapps/bbgs-vitalsource-BBLEARN/app/launch/content?course_id=_446898_1&content_id=_25309774_1

Needs help with similar assignment?

We are available 24x7 to deliver the best services and assignment ready within 3-4 hours? Order a custom-written, plagiarism-free paper

Get Answer Over WhatsApp Order Paper Now