C04J Ashworth Operant Conditioning Paper Directions: Answer in complete sentences, and be sure to use correct English, spelling and grammar. Sources must b

C04J Ashworth Operant Conditioning Paper Directions: Answer in complete sentences, and be sure to use correct English, spelling and grammar. Sources must be cited in APA format. Your response should be four (4) double-spaced pages; refer to the “Assignment Format” page located on the Course Home page for specific format requirements. ASSIGNMENT 04
C04J Introduction to Psychology
Directions: Be sure to save an electronic copy of your answer before submitting it to
Ashworth College for grading. Unless otherwise stated, answer in complete sentences,
and be sure to use correct English, spelling and grammar. Sources must be cited in APA
format. Your response should be four (4) double-spaced pages; refer to the “Assignment
Format” page located on the Course Home page for specific format requirements.
Part A
For Part A of this assignment, you will apply the principles of operant conditioning to
modify an existing behavior. (What does operant conditioning mean? Here is a great
resource to answer that question http://psychology.about.com/od/behavioralpsychology/a/introopcond.htm ) Target a
behavior to be modified, either an undesirable behavior that you would like to
eliminate or a desirable behavior that you would like to strengthen. (Focus on yourself
and determine a behavior that you do not like that you would like to remove or
change for the better)
1. Generate a plausible explanation for why the problem exists. (Explain why there
is a problem)
2. Describe one (1) reason why you want to change the behavior and one (1) benefit
the change will bring. (Make sure to elaborate points)
3. Carefully design a program for modifying the behavior, making sure to include
all relevant conditioning principles incorporated within your plan (which might
include the use of positive and negative reinforcers, punishment, shaping,
schedules of reinforcement, modeling, extinction, stimulus discrimination or
generalization, primary and secondary reinforcers, and so on.) Your plan should
include three (3) steps. (This is where it is important to know and understand
what conditioning)
Part B
Design a series of test items that would indicate the different intelligences according to
Howard Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences. Provide one (1) original example of
how you would test each of the eight (8) different intelligences. (Class – I am providing
an example for clarification – Of the 8 intelligences “One ability or Intelligence is
Visual-Spatial Intelligence, and you can test this knowledge by giving an individual
puzzles to put together or making them draw/ paint something.” What might be
another “test item” for Visual-Spatial Intelligence? You would create test items for
each of the 8 intelligences)
Grading Rubric
Please refer to the rubric below for the grading criteria for this assignment.
CATEGORY
Part A: Explanation
of problem (10
points)
Exemplary
10 points
Student provides a clear,
logical explanation for the
identified problem.
10 points
Student provides at least 1
clear, logical reason why they
want to change the behavior
and at least 1 clear, logical
benefit the change will bring.
Satisfactory
8 points
Student provides a mostly
clear, logical explanation for
the identified problem.
8 points
Student provides at least 1
mostly clear, logical reason
why they want to change the
behavior and at least 1
mostly clear, logical benefit
the change will bring.
Unsatisfactory
5 points
Student provides a weak or
unclear explanation for the
identified problem.
5 points
Student provides at least 1
weak or unclear reason why
they want to change the
behavior and at least 1
weak or unclear benefit the
change will bring.
Unacceptable
2 points
Student provides a poor
explanation for the
identified problem.
2 points
Student provides at least 1
poor reason why they want
to change the behavior and
at least 1 poor benefit the
change will bring.
Part A: Behavior
20 points
modification
Student provides a clear,
program (20 points) logical description of a
behavior modification
program with at least 3 steps.
15 points
Student provides a mostly
clear, logical description of a
behavior modification
program with 2-3 steps.
10 points
Student provides a mostly
clear, logical description of
a behavior modification
program with 1-2 steps.
5 points
Student provides a weak or
unclear description of a
behavior modification
program with 1 step.
Part B: Intelligence 40 points
test items (40
Student provides at least 8
points)
clear, logical, original test
items covering each of the 8
intelligences.
30 points
Student provides 6-7 mostly
clear, logical, original test
items covering each of the 8
intelligences.
20 points
Student provides 3-5 mostly
clear, logical, original test
items covering each of the 8
intelligences.
10 points
Student provides 1-2
mostly clear, logical,
original test items covering
each of the 8 intelligences.
Mechanics (10
Points)
8 points
Student makes 1-2 errors in
grammar or spelling that
distract the reader from the
content.
8 points
The paper is written in
proper format with only 1-2
errors. All sources used for
quotes and facts are credible
and most are cited correctly.
5 points
Student makes 3-4 errors in
grammar or spelling that
distract the reader from the
content.
5 points
The paper is written in
proper format with only 3-5
errors. Most sources used
for quotes and facts are
credible and cited correctly.
2 points
Student makes more than
4 errors in grammar or
spelling that distract the
reader from the content.
2 points
The paper is not written in
proper format. Many
sources used for quotes
and facts are less than
credible (suspect) and/or
are not cited correctly.
Part A: Behavior
change (10 points)
10 points
Student makes no errors in
grammar or spelling that
distract the reader from the
content.
Format (10 Points) 10 points
The paper is written in
proper format. All sources
used for quotes and facts are
credible and cited correctly.

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