Thursday, January 6, 2011

operant conditioning

I run track and cross country. Practice is Monday - Friday after school till about 4:45 ish. The school year begins with cross country practice every single day after school at 3:00. Track begins in March, and practice is every single day after school at 3:00. There is about 9 full months of school and about 5 of those months, I have practice every day after school at 3:00. The remaining 4 months are November thru February. Once cross country ended, we didn't have practice after school anymore, but I still found myself headed towards the locker rooms after school out of habit. (this is my junior year) I wound up running by myself that day, at 3:00, after school, then lifting weights till about 4:45. I found myself doing this every day out of the habit of having practice every day at 3:00. My behavior is running at 3:00 even though practice is no longer in session. My reward was feeling in good shape and knowing it would turn into good times on the track. This is a positive reinforcement model because I was finding positive rewards such as being in good shape and gaining weight from lifting weights. It is a fixed interval schedule because it is Monday - Friday at 3:00 till 4:45 every time and ONLY during the winter. This is a bit like Mr. Dreier's example. Except mine is better! If you've read this far into my post Mr. Dreier, I would like to let you know that my blog entry that is titled "brain disorders" well that is the post that is shown missing in my powerschool. I posted it late, so take some points off if you'd like. Also I am posting this at 12:12 A.M. so I will be very tired in class on Friday and most likely fail the test. "outskies for now!!!"

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