Pyschology Assignment 04

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. 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.

1. Generate a plausible explanation for why the problem exists.

2. Describe one (1) reason why you want to change the behavior and one (1) benefit the change will bring.

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.

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.

Grading Rubric

Please refer to the rubric below for the grading criteria for this assignment.

CATEGORYExemplarySatisfactoryUnsatisfactoryUnacceptable

10 points 8 points 5 points 2 points

Student provides a clear,

logical explanation for the

identified problem.

Student provides a mostly

clear, logical explanation for

the identified problem.

Student provides a weak or

unclear explanation for the

identified problem.

Student provides a poor

explanation for the

identified problem.

10 points 8 points 5 points 2 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.

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.

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.

Student provides at least 1

poor reason why they want

to change the behavior and

at least 1 poor benefit the

change will bring.

20 points 15 points 10 points 5 points

Student provides a clear,

logical description of a

behavior modification

program with at least 3 steps.

Student provides a mostly

clear, logical description of a

behavior modification

program with 2-3 steps.

Student provides a mostly

clear, logical description of

a behavior modification

program with 1-2 steps.

Student provides a weak or

unclear description of a

behavior modification

program with 1 step.

40 points 30 points 20 points 10 points

Student provides at least 8

clear, logical, original test

items covering each of the 8

intelligences.

Student provides 6-7 mostly

clear, logical, original test

items covering each of the 8

intelligences.

Student provides 3-5 mostly

clear, logical, original test

items covering each of the 8

intelligences.

Student provides 1-2

mostly clear, logical,

original test items covering

each of the 8 intelligences.

10 points 8 points 5 points 2 points

Student makes no errors in

grammar or spelling that

distract the reader from the

content.

Student makes 1-2 errors in

grammar or spelling that

distract the reader from the

content.

Student makes 3-4 errors in

grammar or spelling that

distract the reader from the

content.

Student makes more than

4 errors in grammar or

spelling that distract the

reader from the content.

10 points 8 points 5 points 2 points

The paper is written in

proper format. All sources

used for quotes and facts are

credible and cited correctly.

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.

The paper is written in

proper format with only 3-5

errors. Most sources used

for quotes and facts are

credible and cited correctly.

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.

Format (10 Points)

Part B: Intelligence

test items (40

points)

Mechanics (10

Points)

Part A: Explanation

of problem (10

points)

Part A: Behavior

change (10 points)

Part A: Behavior

modification

program (20 points)