Behavior Modification In My Life

The three instances where I observe behaviourism in action is related to my home. I am a single parent of twain. I have a news 21 and daughter 19 who still live at home. We r severally shape as a team and behaving appropriately is imperative. suit 1 though my children are very close to me and share all aspects of their lives with me, they expect me to forsake them al unmatched when they are with their friends.I have observed all the time from their facial expressions and gestures that whenever their friends come to our house, they expect me to leave them alone and non be a part of their group at that point of time.In this instance, the attitude of my children forces me to clear in the way, I do. My interactions with their friends are limited to a few customary greetings. I dont need anyone to tell me to go the different room, because I automatically head towards other portions of my house when the young guests are around. This is because galore(postnominal) attitudes are so well established and so frequently utilize that people can express them and act on them without a s thought. (Smith and Mackie, 2002, p. 249)Instance 2 Whenever any three of us are late, the other devil expects the late comer to inform how much time would he/she take to return back home and whether it would be possible for him/her to take the dinner party with the family. In this instance the principle of commitment guide us to abide the way we do. Smith and Mackie rightly observed, Its not however our commitments to others that leads us. Our commitment to maintaining a positive view of ourselves helps too. (2000, p. 392) By keeping other members of our group informed, all the three of us not only centralize other members anxiety but also make them know how compassionate we are.This may cause each one of us some aggravation like talking on the mobile piece driving, which is certainly not an acceptable behavior or excusing ourselves from an important lecture for a while which means loosing some precious moments, but we do it any way. consequently in order to project ourselves in a certain expressive style we slightly go out of the way which is unacceptable from not only the point of view of common norms but to our inner self too. Instance 3 Each one of us expect the other two members of our families to do their share of work and not overload just one person for the upkeep of the house.Though my daughter does not particularly like cleanup spot her room or washing the clothes, she does it half-heartedly. In this instance, the behavioral principle of bow forces her to behave in a certain manner which she somewhat dislikes. She routinely engages in the cleaning activities, which strengthens the viewpoint that she is submitting to authority. In this case that authority is not only me, the parent but also the way in which we as a family are expected to behave to make life easier for each other.She does not want to loose the sanctity of a quiet and well-bred family of ours by her regular cribbing about the activities she dislikes. Thus she abides by the rules of the family. The impact of behaviorism in popular culture has both negative and positive implications. We behave in a certain manner because we see others behaving in that manner. In the words of Mixon, behavior is the product of association. (para. 11) Hence when we see others behaving properly we automatically follow their behavior. For example we dont speak in a library when all the others are quiet. This is a positive implication of behaviorism.However we pearl prey to bad behavior too, by seeing others. For example it is not good to litter a park but we dont follow rules when we are in a park, where we see others have already littered it. This is a negative implication of behaviorism. Hence behaviorism conditions us and we get conditioned in both positive and negative ways. References Smith, E. R. , Mackie, D. M. (2 Ed. ). (2000) fond Psychology. USA Psychology Press. Wagner, K. V. (2008). Retrieved Jan. 21, 2007 from http//psychology. about. com/od/behavioralpsychology/f/behaviorism. htm Mixon, C. (2008). Retrieved Jan. 21, 2007 from http//www. barkingdogs. net/bmod. shtml