Psychologists like B. F. Skinner have studied how we can useoperant conditioning to change the behavior of people and animals.Drawing on your personal experience, choose a person or animalwhose behavior you want to change. (You may select your ownbehavior for this question if you wish.) How could you use operantconditioning to change the behavior of this person or animal?
In a multi-paragraph essay, describe your plan to change thisbehavior. Be sure to mention what type of reinforcer andreinforcement schedule you would use and explain why you made thoseparticular choices. Include information from class materials,readings, and research on operant conditioning to support yourdiscussion.
