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for ages. Several theories have come up and each has been right in a
way. But we still don’t have an exact definition for human behavior. We
probably never will have one, because human beings change and each
few generalizations but the truth is that each one of us does things
differently.
the law of effect. The law states that behaviors followed by desirable
behavior.
Before we enter the realms of operant conditioning, it is
increase the likelihood that the response will recur”, while a negative
to increase the likelihood that the response will recur” (Lefton 128).
faster a person will work to complete a task (Lefton 132). Similarly, the
does not mean that an extremely harsh and unjust punishment will
Many events in history are witness to this fact. Events such as the
American and French revolutions started off because the rulers and
shorter the interval, the greater the chances that the behavior will be
reinforcement
There are two basic categories of stimuli and responses in this model:
food, then the chances are that the same person will be attracted to
other food that smells similar to the first kind of food. The second
develop a fear of places and objects that have been associated with
that their way of interacting with others has changed. But when they
return home, since their environment has the same old punishers and
reinforcers and since everyone acts the same, they feel that their
model has helped explain how much of punishment and reward are
necessary and that finds use not only within households but also
their employees.
entirely on what we learn. But that is not the truth. I think that our
we’ve got from our genes. If I were asked to give a statistic, I’d
probably say that the division of our behavior between nature and
also doesn’t explain why some people behave and think differently
from others while performing the same tasks. That probably indicates
that there’s more to behavior than just learning. With the advances in
way we do. At the same time, our DNA and genes don’t really
behavior.
our stages of growth from birth to death we can see how the factors
affecting our behavior come in and to what extent they affect us. At
birth, all we have is our genes. But the moment we enter this world,
that affects our behavior that is not the case. Our behavior has a
their lives. Even though people might say that they stop learning
once they become adults, the process goes on. The fate of the
behavior. The greater the frequency of the negative response and the
stronger its impact, greater are the chances that we will change our
behavior. This is true for both the preprogrammed and learned parts
of our behavior.
(Heffner)
needs to get to their higher needs. These needs could motivate the
and closer to the desired behavior. Research has found that this
technique works well for phobias and anxiety related disorders. Take
phobia you must have both an irrational fear that is not justified by
concept of shaping.
simpler with animals than humans, because all animals care about are
behavior. But our behavior does play a role. Personality can be defined
one of them is not completely true, they offer the partial truth. Some of
past experience and our cognitive structure and values. Another major
contributor are our genes and their interaction with the environment.
us and on our decisions. Learning does play an important part, but I’d
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