Intervention Analysis for Differential Reinforcement of Alternative Behavior (DRA)
Tuesday F. Taylor
Kaplan University Online
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Tuesday F. Taylor, Department of Psychology, Kaplan University Online.
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Abstract
This paper is an overall analysis of my observation of a personal undesired behavior, the paper covers the different measures I took in order to decide which intervention would be the most effective intervention, once that decision was made I had to test the idea over a period of two weeks, during that two week process data was being collected to review. Each unit in my student handbook covered material used to help me understand how to decide on the proper intervention used for various behaviors as the units covered material about different methods of intervention it also reinforced the different ethical issues that always need to be considered.
Intervention Analysis for Differential Reinforcement of Alternative Behavior (DRA)
My personal behavior is swearing too much and I would like to change that behavior. When I say swearing I mean words like shit, fuck, asshole, mother fucker, ass, hoe and son of a bitch. As I attempted to implement an intervention I did not use self-report which is a form of the observer depending on his/her memory to describe the behavior that was witnessed (Miller, 2006). Direct observation is when the individual doing the observing immediately records what he/she observed (Miller, 2006). Moving forward to unit 3 of my class it covered operant conditioning which is the occurrence of a response that causes reinforcement to be delivered. In order for reinforcement to be necessary it has to be a response.
Behaviors that are most likely...