Post by cameron on Nov 21, 2017 2:35:31 GMT
1. I become exceedingly anxious about going to my tutorials, so much so that I often skip. I’m really nervous that the TA will think I don’t know anything.
Behaviorist approach:
Behaviorists wound understand the phenomenon in terms of operant conditioning. They would suggest that the person experiences anxiety before tutorials, and when they skip they feel relief, and so skipping tutorials become negatively reinforced by the consequent feeling of relief.
Trait approach:
Trait theorists would consider the behavior as part of the person’s disposition. They might suggest the subject is naturally shy, or if applying the big five, the subject may be low in extraversion and high in neuroticism. They would be pointing to inherent characteristics within the person to explain their behavior.
Behaviorist approach:
In order to change the phenomenon, behaviorists might point to interfering with the process which allows for the behavior to be reinforced. Behaviorists may educate the subject on how the habit of skipping tutorial is being reinforced by an anxiety reduction effect and would suggest the subject go to the tutorial even with the anxiety, and notice that over time when in the tutorial the anxiety lowers.
Trait approach:
Trait theorists may contend that the behavior may be tough to change, due it stemming from inherent characteristics of the subject. They may recommend personality testing the subject to find other traits the subject displays besides shyness. Trait theorists might suggest appealing to the subject’s other dispositions to motivate the desired behavior, in this case attending the tutorial.
Behaviorist approach:
Behaviorists wound understand the phenomenon in terms of operant conditioning. They would suggest that the person experiences anxiety before tutorials, and when they skip they feel relief, and so skipping tutorials become negatively reinforced by the consequent feeling of relief.
Trait approach:
Trait theorists would consider the behavior as part of the person’s disposition. They might suggest the subject is naturally shy, or if applying the big five, the subject may be low in extraversion and high in neuroticism. They would be pointing to inherent characteristics within the person to explain their behavior.
Behaviorist approach:
In order to change the phenomenon, behaviorists might point to interfering with the process which allows for the behavior to be reinforced. Behaviorists may educate the subject on how the habit of skipping tutorial is being reinforced by an anxiety reduction effect and would suggest the subject go to the tutorial even with the anxiety, and notice that over time when in the tutorial the anxiety lowers.
Trait approach:
Trait theorists may contend that the behavior may be tough to change, due it stemming from inherent characteristics of the subject. They may recommend personality testing the subject to find other traits the subject displays besides shyness. Trait theorists might suggest appealing to the subject’s other dispositions to motivate the desired behavior, in this case attending the tutorial.