PSYB45H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Intellectual Disability, Reinforcement, Baby Talk
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Chapter 7: getting a new behaviour to occur with shaping. After taking early retirement at the age of 55, frank decided to make some changes in his life. Knowing that he needed to change some long-standing habits, he enrolled in a behaviour modification course at the local community college. Frank had been a couch potato all his adult life - he came home from work, grabbed a can of beer, and sat in front of the television set. Frank started his exercise program with a pledge to his wife that he would jog a quarter of a mile each day. But after a couple of attempts, he returned to his old routine. He then decided to try a procedure called shaping. Summarized procedure: specify the final target behaviour. F(cid:396)a(cid:374)k"s goal (cid:449)as to jog a quarter of a mile each day. However, for a chronic nonexerciser, this was more than could be expected.
