Essays Tagged: "Behavior modification"

Nothing Tastes as Good as Thin Feels.

re are many ways to solve the growing trend. Treatment may include a combination of diet, exercise, behavior modification, and sometimes weight-loss drugs. In some cases of severe obesity, gastrointes ...

(3 pages) 119 5 2.7 Apr/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

Tangible and Intangible Rewards Paper.

vely to build a sense of internal motivation within the group. This is accomplished through another behavior modification principal paired association (Tracey, 1999).Tangible rewards make group member ... ecognized their accomplishments. If rewards are given selectively and only periodically for stellar behaviors and accomplishments, the members begin to feel good about themselves even in the absence o ...

(4 pages) 296 1 3.8 Oct/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

"A Junkyard for Young Lives"

rehabilitation. Both the adult and youth prison systems are set up to rely on military-style force, behavior modification, counseling, education, job training and life-skills training the other states ...

(2 pages) 41 2 3.8 Apr/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

Behaviour Modification

In an essay of 2500 words, explain and discuss behaviour modification, giving some examples of how it might be used in the treatment of criminals.In this ess ... of how it might be used in the treatment of criminals.In this essay I am going to define behaviour modification. I will discuss the traditional approaches of operant and classical conditioning and th ... pproaches of operant and classical conditioning and then look at the modern approaches of behaviour modification. I will also give some examples of how behaviour modification can be used in the treatm ...

(10 pages) 125 0 4.0 Nov/2001

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Behaviour Modification

In an essay of 2500 words, explain and discuss behaviour modification, giving some examples of how it might be used in the treatment of criminals.In this ess ... of how it might be used in the treatment of criminals.In this essay I am going to define behaviour modification. I will discuss the traditional approaches of operant and classical conditioning and th ... pproaches of operant and classical conditioning and then look at the modern approaches of behaviour modification. I will also give some examples of how behaviour modification can be used in the treatm ...

(10 pages) 38 0 5.0 Nov/2001

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

New Technology Analysis: Telemedicine via The Health Buddy System

t tools, health management programs and content development tools. Through increased communication, behavior modification, and prevention, the Health Buddy system improves quality of care.The Netwo ... our monitoring technologies to educate patients, enhance medication compliance and improve patient behaviors. Each program consists of sets of questions and answers that encompass all of the key aspe ...

(3 pages) 55 0 0.0 Oct/2007

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

Neobehaviorism

en 1930-1960, the focus appeared to shift slightly from Watson’s “conceptual and methodological behaviorism” to a less mechanistic behaviorism promoted by B. F. Skinner (Benjamin 1997). The new ... heory, operational definitions and underlying learning. Skinner’s publication, Science and Human Behavior, was focused mainly on applied psychology rather than pure theory. According to Parke et a ...

(2 pages) 45 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Obesity

re are numerous approaches for weight reduction", the doctor clarifies.These approaches are dieting behavior modification, exercise, and drug therapy. The diet program has to match the person's body w ... so there will be no gostronological diseases. Such as gall bladder formation.The second approach is behavior therapy. The purpose of this therapy is to help patients change their eating habit and incr ...

(2 pages) 23 0 2.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

Prison Term Policy

d have to follow and complete before being released back into the world. I believe with the help of behavior modification, counseling, and education, I believe that the deviant could be rehabilitated ...

(6 pages) 73 0 5.0 Jan/2009

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

System of InquiryThe purpose of this paper is to create a system of inquiry to use in decision-making, problem-solving and in addressing behavior in a business setting

paper is to create a system of inquiry to use in decision-making, problem-solving and in addressing behavior in a business setting. The paper will include a framework for the model, a discussion of wh ... mmas. Consequently, a system of inquiry serves as a guide for problem-solving, decision-making, and behavior modification in a business setting.Brief Overview of Carolina Children's Home Code of Ethic ...

(7 pages) 28 0 0.0 Jul/2010

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology

Classical Conditioning Paper

PaperAccidently founded by Ivan Pavlov, classical conditioning is basically learning by association behavior. A better definition would be "A process of behavior modification by which a subject comes ... ata from the dog's salivation when in the middle of these tests he by accident noticed that certain behaviors can be conditioned (Alloy, Riskind, & Manos, 2005). First, one must understand that be ...

(3 pages) 10 0 0.0 Feb/2012

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology