Reinforcement Procedures Paper

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PSY/420 Week 1 Reinforcement Procedures Paper

 

 

A mom is trying to increase the amount of peas that her two children eat……………

 

Write a 350- to 700-word paper discussing the following:

  • Identify the behavior that the mom is trying to reinforce.
  • Identify the method of reinforcement being used.
  • Explain possible reasons for this method working for one child and not the other.
  • Propose and outline three ideas that may work to increase pea consumption for the children, and include one method that uses negative reinforcement.

 

580 words paper

2 Sources in APA

Score: 10/10

Examine the role of attributions in our social world.

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Examine the role of attributions in our social world. What are attributions, and how do we use them in our daily lives? Discuss the differences between internal and external attributions and describe the fundamental attribution error.  For example, what would be the explanatory style of a person who makes internal, stable, and global attributions for positive things and external, unstable, and specific attributions for negative things? Also consider the individual who does the opposite; what does this behavior tell us about the person?

 

 

No less than 500 words

PSYCHOLOGY-RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY MATRIX 253

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Question

 

 

For each of the tests of reliability and validity listed on the matrix, prepare a 50- to 100-word description of the test’s application. Describe what conditions these reliability types would be used for as well as when they would be inappropriate. Then, for each test, prepare a 50- to 100-word description of the strengths and a 50- to 100-word description of the weaknesses.

 

Test of reliability
	

Application and appropriateness
	

Advantages
	

Disadvantages

Internal consistency

 

 
	

 
	

 
	

 

Split-half

 

 
	

 
	

 
	

 

Test or retest

 

 
	

 
	

 
	

 

Parallel and alternate forms

 

 
	

 
	

 
	

 

Test of validity
	

Application and appropriateness
	

Strengths
	

Weaknesses

Face validity

 

 
	

 
	

 
	

 

Content validity

 

 
	

 
	

 
	

 

Criterion related

 

 
	

 
	

 
	

 

Construct

Social Psychology

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Consider and discuss how the phenomena of prosocial behavior and pure altruism relate to each other and how they differ from each other.

Pure altruism is a specific kind of prosocial behavior where your sole motivation is to help a person in need without seeking benefit for yourself. It is often viewed as a truly selfless form of behavior.

Provide an example each of prosocial behavior and pure altruism.