PSYC 328 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Operant Conditioning, Iwork, Classical Conditioning

• School: McGill University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 328
• Professor: Agnes Baerbel Knaeuper

Document Summary

Lecture 3 (cont"d) ( lecture 4: implementation intentions: These are concrete action plans of where when and how someone will do something. A tool that is used to close the intention behavior gap focus on the fact that how do we get people to act upon their motivation. Used at a later stage after a pro and con analysis and preparatory steps toward the behavior change. The implementation intention cuts the if-when contingency and replaces the maladaptive behavior with a better, healthier one. Works with associations and reconditioning one self towards new behaviors. When i go to subways, then i have chips and a coke with my sandwich. When i go to subways, then i have apples and water with my sandwich. Ex: when i watch tv, then i eat carrot sticks . When it is 4pm on mondays, wednesdays, and fridays, then i will go jogging for 20 minutes in.