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Week 4 Discussion 4.1

Week 4 Discussion 4.1

Q Describe a small behavior that you would like to change in someone you live with (if you live alone, you could use a parent, sibling, etc.), such as leaving their stuff on the living room table, not emptying the trash, not washing their dishes, etc. Show how the principles of operant conditioning are keeping this behavior in place. Now describe how you would use operant conditioning techniques in order to change the behavior.

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I have work away from my hometown and due to which I have to live in a rented flat with my flat-mate. He is a good guy and really helpful and supportive as a friend and younger brother but as a flat-mate, he only has one habit which irritates me and that is he just leaves everything, from his clothes to shoes and all his belonging everywhere in the house.