PSYC 2440 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Applied Behavior Analysis, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Classical Conditioning

• School: University of Manitoba
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2440
• Professor: All

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Psych 2440 behavior modification principles lecture 1 - chapter 1. Anything that a person says or does. Behavior is any muscular, glandular, or electrical activity that a person says or does. E. g. getting an a in a course because you studied hard and effectively. E. g. losing ten pounds due to resisting overeating and exercising more. Behaviors that can be observed and recorded by an individual other than the one performing the behavior. Private or internal activities that cannot be readily observed by others. Do not typically refer to behaviors done in private, nor do they refer to secretive actions. More commonly referred to as behaviors that occur within one"s skin . Private self-talk: we think in words, e. g. a figure skater thinking to herself, i hope i don"t fall, before she goes on the ice, at other times, we think by imagining. Both private self-talk and imagination are covert behaviors as well as cognitive behaviors.