Describe how that behaviorist would teach an adult a new skill. Be specific; what is the skill?

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MUST ANSWER ALL OF THE QUESTIONS, USE APA STANDARDS, IN-TEXT CITATIONS CITED CORRECTLY, VALID REFERENCES CORRECTLY CITED, ZERO PLAGARISM!!!!!

Pavlov, Watson, and Skinner are considered the originators of behaviorism. All contributed to learning theory. All three of the researchers studied the effects of the environment on learning.

Select one of the three behaviorists who, in your opinion, offers the most compelling argument for the use of behaviorism when teaching a new subject to an adult and to a child. Identify that behaviorist, then answer the following questions about his approach:

  1. Describe how that behaviorist would teach an adult a new skill. Be specific; what is the skill?
  2. What steps would the behaviorist use?
  3. Would that behaviorist use a different approach with a child?
  4. Why do you think this behaviorist’s approach is best?
  5. What issues or problems do you find in the other two behaviorists’ approaches?
  6. MUST EDIT FOR GRAMMATICAL ERRORS! THIS IS A DISCUSSION QUESTION AND ANSWER AND MUST

Design a way to increase a person’s exercise habits using a door-in-the-face strategy.

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For each of the scenarios below, describe: 1) the steps in the strategy, 2) the rule or psychological process that makes it work, and 3) how you would implement the strategy and how you would measure the effectiveness of the strategy. Your responses must be 1–2 paragraphs for each of the following scenarios:

  • Design a way to increase a person’s exercise habits using a door-in-the-face strategy.
  • Get people to start recycling by using a legitimization of paltry-favors strategy.
  • Create a way to get more people to volunteer time at a soup kitchen by using a four-walls technique.
  • Get people to reduce their water usage (for example, not watering lawns or taking shorter showers) using the  list technique.

Motivational Theories And Factors

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Motivational Theories and Factors

To be effective, a company must learn to motivate its employees to efficiently meet the goals of the organization.  Using what you know about motivation and the field of I/O psychology, respond to the following:

  1. Propose at least three ways to motivate others in the workplace.
  2. Create a strategy for enhancing your own motivation in the workplace.
  3. Compare and contrast two motivational theories (found in Chapter 7 of your course text) of your choice.
  4. Finally, discuss the pros and cons of using financial incentives in the workplace.

Your assignment must be two to three double-spaced pages in length (excluding title and reference pages) and formatted according to APA guidelines as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.  Include a cover page and reference page formatted in APA style.  In addition to the textbook, utilize at least one scholarly peer-reviewed source that was published within the past five years.  Your sources must be cited according to APA format as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

When doctors diagnose a patient’s mysterious pains, sudden sleep difficulties, changes in eating habits, inexplicable migraines or excessive fatigue as psychosomatic,

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When doctors diagnose a patient’s mysterious pains, sudden sleep difficulties, changes in eating habits, inexplicable migraines or excessive fatigue as psychosomatic, it is easy to apply the layman’s translation of “It’s all in your head.” However, when it comes to these responses to stress, what may be “all in your head” might have a direct impact on what is going on in your body.

With such symptoms as those just described, it is clear that stress, immune function, and depression are linked. For example, those suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder report high levels of depression. Additionally, while you will not find a doctor ordering extensive lab tests to diagnose depression, high levels of cortisol and other stress hormones are found in the blood of the depressed. Also, survivors of early life stress, such as childhood abuse, experience changes in the neurobiology of the brain, making them more vulnerable to depression later in life. Even acute life stressors are known to provoke depression, especially in an environment of poor social support and frequent life crisis. Finally, chronic stress results in lowered immune function and increased incidence of depression. Not only do the relationships between the brain, stress, immune function, and depression exist, but they are bidirectional and complex.

For this Discussion, review this week’s Learning Resources as well as the “Stress, Depression, and the Immune Response” section of the “Stress, the Immune System, Chronic Illness, and Your Body” handout. Then reflect on the different ways stress, the stress response, and depression are connected. Finally, consider what part depression plays in the immune and inflammatory response systems