CONDITIONING THEORIES 2 CONDITIONING THEORIES 3 Conditioning Theories Sandra Pennington Capella University Learning And Cognition Psyc-FP3500 Alyssa Gilston Running head: CONDITIONING THEORIES 1 August 201 Behavioral Change Comment by DrG: Begin at top of page Humans are unique and complex beings who have to keep up with a number of things to survive and coexist with others within a given environment. However, it is worth noting that people are usually different and not all behaviors portrayed by different individuals appeal to the society. The best factor about human behaviors is that they can be changed and transformed to what the society considers as right (Youngberg, 2004). The best way to achieve behavioral structuring and modeling is through defining the right paths of action to be followed in order to adopt the acceptable code of ethics. The best path could be self-driven or environmentally dictated. Behavioral change is a topic that has attracted a lot of attention from researchers and resulted into numerous publications with different ideas about the matter. There are countless theories about how one can achieve behavioral change. To explore various dynamics governing behavioral change, this paper explores conditioning as one of the theories of various character changes and how it has affected my own behaviors. Comment by DrG: Your paper needs a strong introduction. The introduction provides you with an opportunity to capture your reader's attention and to provide an overview of your paper. Then add your thesis statement “the purpose of this paper is to…” Behavioral changes involve either starting something that never existed before or dumping the old doings that have always been part and parcel of one’s life. There are two theories of behavioral change that are more established; classical and operant conditioning. It is a common notion that despite the fact that there are over seven billion people in the world, each person is unique in a way, and the key to transformation or significant changes is by experimenting ethically accepted traits and adopting the ones that best suit an individual. One feature may work pretty well for one individual but turn out to be a total disaster for the next person (Kim, 2015). There is no particular method in human life that works well for everyone, and the fact that a particular strategy does not work for you should be a reason to try something else and not consider oneself a failure. Diversity is the reason the world is accommodative to all people. Comment by DrG: These are two types of learning – you need to explain Comment by DrG: Cite your source Comment by DrG: Review all directions Comment by DrG: Find a peer-reviewed research study that addresses the theory or treatment of phobias that was published after 1990. Summarize the methods used and the conclusions made, and describe the key aspects of the research that reflect behaviorist principles. Classical conditioning entails develop.