- This assessment will be used to determine how well you have learned Course Learning Outcome 1, “Analyze human behavior using theories from the major theoretical perspectives of psychology.”
- You will be writing ONCE and ONLY ONCE about each of the following behaviors: Aggression, Being Organized, and Smoking.
- For each behavior, you must apply ONE of the theoretical perspectives to explain how that behavior may have been acquired. You must use each theory once, and only once. For example, if you use Biological Theory to explain ‘Aggression’, you may NOT use Biological Theory for either ‘Being Organized’ or ‘Smoking.’ You only need to write a brief description (probably around 3 sentences or less!) for each.
- 1. What theory will you be applying first (Biological, Learning, or Psychoanalytic)? If you selected Learning Theory, you MUST ALSO state whether you will be describing Classical Conditioning, Operant Conditioning, or Social Learning.
- 2. Please use that theory to explain how one of the behaviors (Aggression, Being Organized, or Smoking) may have been acquired (Three sentences or so!)
- 3. What theory will you be applying second (Biological, Learning, or Psychoanalytic)? If you selected Learning Theory, you MUST ALSO state whether you will be describing Classical Conditioning, Operant Conditioning, or Social Learning.
- 4. Please use that theory to explain how one of the behaviors (Aggression, Being Organized, or Smoking) may have been acquired (Three sentences or so!)
- 5. What theory will you be applying third (Biological, Learning, or Psychoanalytic)? If you selected Learning Theory, you MUST ALSO state whether you will be describing Classical Conditioning, Operant Conditioning, or Social Learning.
- 6. lease use that theory to explain how one of the behaviors (Aggression, Being Organized, or Smoking) may have been acquired (Three sentences or so!)
- 7. Please cut-and-paste your APA style references that you used to complete this assignment (if you are not familiar with APA style, please see the announcements page for some more information.
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