List Four Ways to Modify Behavior and Give an Example

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Essay

List four ways to modify behavior and give an example of how you can use each way to increase your studying or decrease your time off-task.

Delineate the role and impact of social relationships and activities on life satisfaction and adjustment in adulthood.

Understand attitudes towards death and the process of psychological adjustment to dying as proposed by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross.

Understand the basic definitions and concepts in genetics, including chromosomes, DNA, genes, and their roles in heredity.

Identify different stages in the human lifespan and understand the general developmental processes that occur in each stage.

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Definitions:

Stable Identity

A consistent and enduring sense of self that persists over time and across different situations.

Evolutionary Perspective

a theoretical approach that explains human behavior and psychological traits as adaptations developed to increase ancestral survival and reproductive success.

Existential Perspective

A philosophical and psychological approach focusing on individual freedom, choice, and the search for meaning in life's inherent uncertainty.

Neuroscience Perspective

A view that focuses on understanding the neural processes that occur during social judgment and behavior. Neuroscience involves assessments of brain waves, brain imaging, and cardiovascular functioning.