Many young Americans have problems with their weight today. When I was studying the reasons for overeating, I decided to try one famous strategy to fight extra weight. According to Skinner, our behavior is guided by reinforcement. As people tend to repeat the same activities every day, the only way to change their attitudes is to involve the system of punishment.
My roommate has always had some problems with extra weight due to the lack of physical activity and overeating. Besides, he prefers fast food to healthy nutrition and coke to healthy beverages. So, I decided to lend a helping hand as I was studying for a Psychology degree. My goal was to develop an individual weight loss program to make his wish of joining a football team come true. One-month behavior modification I suggest is based on the principles of operant conditioning.
That is how it worked…
What about the continuous reinforcement?
As we both see the results, here are my further expectations. I will apply continuous reinforcement to this learning process. Every single time I will notice the targeted behavior of my roommate, I will strengthen it by adding new conditions to the weight loss program. In three days, if the expected progress occurs, I will forbid hamburgers by replacing them with fresh salads with chicken. I will include some press basic exercises to support the running activity. In other three days, I will add 15 minutes to the morning running ritual.
I will maintain a powerful association between the behavior and response. I will measure my roommate’s progress in the amount of weight lost and consider the time it took him to achieve the desired results. I expect my friend to lose one pound within the first three days. This benchmark will stay the same until he loses, at least, four pounds. Then, I will require him to get rid of coke.
No more stress, Mr. Nice Guy!
I will also identify all the emotional triggers to prevent my roommate from stress as it is difficult to refuse favorite food and a fixed life regime all at once. I will make sure he is surrounded only by positive people who will not let him down. I will praise each achievement and effort to motivate my roommate to try harder.
On the whole, I choose Variable-Ratio Schedule. So, I will provide the reinforcement after a random amount of positive responses. In this way, I give my roommate a donut of his choice after the first lost pound. Then maybe forth, later I may expect 8 pounds, then request a single again. The acquisition will take more time to set in. However, I believe it is far more resistant to the extinction.
Indigenous Student Cultural House
Indigenous Student Cultural House, called ISCH for short, appeared as a result of collaboration between the Indigenous Student Centre and Residence and Housing. It was done in order to create a new community for learning and living available at Simon Fraser University, particularly its campus in Burnaby. So let’s all go back to September 2016 when it all began.
5 Features of The World’s Geniuses that Can Show You the Way to Success
When we watch or read about people famous for doing incredible things, we have two thoughts in mind, the first one is that they are (or were) super-human, and the second one is whether we could do something like that. Obviously, everybody of them had a talent. But they had some other characteristics that helped them to reach success. Those people who managed to develop their minds and directed them towards certain goals we call geniuses. We can learn much from them replicating their attitudes, habits and behaviors. So, here is a list of 5 features of the world’s greatest minds.
Visualization As A Tool For Overcoming Shyness And Social Anxiety
I’m sure that you know and maybe even practiced visualization. Have you ever heard a ridiculous public speaking advice of “imagining a naked audience” to overcome the fear? Today you are going to read about some really effective ways to banish your social anxiety.
