Applied Behavior

Select a behavior that you wish to change in yourself ( Stop Smoking) and design a basic behavior modification program to change this behavior.

Discuss the behavior to be changed and write a target behavior definition.
Choose the best program of behavior modification for your target behavior. In your discussion, include the rationale for your selection and the underlying theory.
Describe the procedures with which you will implement your behavior modification program; for example, shaping, behavior chaining, differential reinforcement, etc In addition, discuss the issues of selecting appropriate and effective reinforcement and/or schedules of reinforcement (if applicable).
How will you measure your behavioral change (assess the effectiveness of your program)?
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Select a behavior that you wish to change in yourself (Stop Smoking) and design a basic behavior modification program to change this behavior.

(a) Discuss the behavior to be changed and write a target behavior definition.

The danger of cigarette smoking may be viewed in which certain behaviors are lacking (e.g., self control). Self-control is needed to overcome the lapses that can occur between the smoking of a cigarette and the immediate gratification that comes with the smoking of another cigarette. There is considerable tolerance associated with cigarette smoking; therefore, smoking and non-smoking can be different (Pinel, 2006). For instance, according to Pinel, non-smokers may respond to a few puffs of a cigarette with various consequences such as nausea, vomiting, coughing, sweating, abdominal cramps, dizziness, flushing and diarrhea (p. 376). On the other hand, heavy smokers are addicted to smoking, and at more risk for developing diseases such as Smokers Syndrome or Buerger’s disease. Smokers Syndrome is characterized by chest pain, labored breathing, wheezing, coughing and susceptibility to infection, and Buergers disease is a condition in which the blood vessels constrict whenever nicotine enters the bloodstream. Behavior Modification to stop smoking.

(b) Choose the best program of behavior modification for your target behavior. In your discussion, include the rationale for your selection and the underlying theory.

Given these adverse consequences for smoking, a program is proposed aimed at stopping smoking by focusing on the adverse health consequences of smoking. Based on the proposed program the therapist follows …