Synthesis Assignment - Social Issue as the Behaviorist Sees It

College of Doctoral Studies

PSY-803 Template: Outline for Social Issues Paper

Origins of Behaviorism

I. Introduction

a. Setting. This section will talk about the definition of behaviorism as grounded within psychology.

b. In this section, there will be a conversation about the influences of behaviorism on individual and group mentality.

c. As a continued part of the introduction, this part will contextualize elements of behaviorism that influence social issues.

d. Brief description of the different types of behaviorism that can be exhibited and their implication based on societal norms.

e. Individuals attaining celebrity status should be held to a higher ethical standard. This paragraph will introduce the aspect of the stimulus-guided response to behaviorism by looking at three insights.

II. Statement of the Problem

a. It states the problem of celebrity individuals that contribute to the perception of positive and negative behavior.

i. It is unknown how a celebrity status affects daily life, even as there are expectations of adherence to specific rules so as not to influence the general public negatively.

ii. A brief on behavioral concepts ingrained within being a public figure and how they affect societal perception, including social movements.

b. Seeing is believing is a societal concept ingrained in every aspect of the general media hence the discussion on how it affects the literal forms of enabled behaviors (Baum, 2017).

c. Discussion on the brief background of the problem looking at the concept of seeing, is not defined within its literal form. It is seen differently depending on the population of focus by age, race, and gender.

i. Raise an insightful look at the identification of the aspect of celebrity as a status that affects an individual outlook on life, power, and the ability to be impressionable.

III. Behavioral Analysis of the Problem

a. By definition of the fundamentality that there is a qualitative distinction between human and animal behavior, this part of the discussion will focus on linking comparative psychology to the consequential element of celebrity status (Barrett, 2019).

i. We were discussing the understanding of the relationship between the expectation of the public and the continuation of the status of the individual, and the benefit of being a celebrity.

ii. Detail instances where influences of the ripple effect of celebrity behavior stimulated the increase in activism against and for specific social issue

b. Analyze the problem based on the first theory. A look at the idea of conditioning and how interaction with the environment influences the perception of good and bad behavior (Hunter, 2019).

i. Using examples from current movements spearheaded by Hollywood, this example will attempt to describe the observed consequential changes.

c. Analyze the problem based on the second theory. By looking at the idea of reinforced behavior through learned practice, this section can attempt to understand the element of circumstantial changes and their impact on the behavioral framework.

i. Using social media, the discussion will look at thematic and algorithm-led behavior born from celebrity status and how they influence the public demand for content.

d. Analyze the problem based on the third theory. Considering the third theory that looks at radicalism, the discussion will focus on understanding the environmental past of the person and how that refocuses the approach to their actions.

i. Using examples of celebrities and alleged predators, the dynamic of power as perceived from their point of view will be used to attempt an analysis of the skewed definition of norms.

IV. Behavioral Solutions

a. Identification of solutions that behaviorism as a study can offer

i. Description of the mental, educational, and scientific research elements that observation and measure of behavior can enforce towards increased social issues awareness, improvement of systemic changes, and increased engagement.

ii. Focusing on the celebrity population, this section will discuss the implication of increased platform use to support positively reinforced behavior to normalize higher ethical standards.

V. Limitations of the Behavioral Solution

a. Discuss on limitations present in a behavioral interpretation of cognition and, thus, the objectivity of implementation.

b. We are identifying the solutions to the limitation with emphasis on the universality of increased effectiveness in applicability.

c. The proposition is to increase contingencies of control of behavioral influence using individual unique focus and normalization of diversification (Barrett, 2019).

VI. Conclusion

a. Summary of the key takeaway that involves recognition of behaviorism evidence in celebrities.

b. Summary of the implication of learned and accepted perception based on external influences and how that implicates perception changes to negative and positive behaviors to enable.

c. Summarize key takeaways from three researchers on conditioned, reinforced, and radicalized behaviorism as impacting the behaviors of celebrities as impressionable characters.

d. Restating of the thesis- connecting it to critical takeaways and

e. Conclude the current literature as a single unit.

i. Summary of whether the discussion proved the statement or went against it.

ii. The key message that should be taken from the discussion focuses on answering the statement of whether individuals attaining a celebrity status should be held to a higher ethical standard.

References

Barrett, L. (2019). Enactivism, pragmatism… behaviorism?.  Philosophical Studies,  176(3), 807-818.

Baum, W. M. (2017).  Understanding behaviorism: Behavior, culture, and evolution. John Wiley & Sons.

Hunter, G. (2019). The Self: Can Behaviorism Inform the Study of The Self?  J Psychiatry Depress Anxiety,  5, 021.

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