Choose a Behavior That You Would Like to Increase or Decrease

question 44

Essay

Choose a behavior that you would like to increase or decrease. Plan an intervention using the steps outlined in the text (Table 15-3). What reinforcers did you choose? How effective was the intervention?

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Definitions:

Introspective Styles

Personal methods or approaches to self-reflection and examination of one's own thoughts and feelings.

Negative Emotions

Feelings or emotions that are generally considered unpleasant or undesirable, such as sadness, anger, fear, or disgust.

Problem-Focused Coping

A strategy involving directly addressing a problem causing stress in order to reduce or eliminate it.

Reappraisal

A cognitive process that involves changing the way one thinks about a potentially emotion-eliciting event in order to alter its emotional impact.