OVERVIEW
You will write a 4-6-page, current APA formatted, research paper that will aid you in the
Behavior Modification Project. You should reference your textbook and at least 4 additional
peer-reviewed journal articles. The research paper will include a title page, 4-6-page body, and
references page. The body of your research paper will have an introduction, a section on your
target behavior, a section on your treatment method, and a conclusion. You can give section I
and section II appropriate APA titles for your paper. Subsections are optional.
INTERVIEW
The first section (the behavior) will focus on peer-reviewed research that others have already
done on your target behavior, or a similar behavior. This behavior must be a personal behavior
you desire to modify in yourself. You are not allowed to select a behavior to modify in someone
else (ex. child’s behavior, spouse behavior, co-worker behavior) Consider how did previous
research studied this behavior? What treatment did previous research use? Was the treatment
effective?
The second section of your paper will require you to research the treatment you intend to use to
change your behavior. Choose one of the chapters from your textbook (Reinforcement, Token
Economies, Behavioral Contracts, Using Punishment: Time-Out and Response Cost, etc.). You
also should cite any peer-reviewed journal articles that focus on your treatment method, or in
which the authors used it to treat their target behavior.
Note: This assignment will be checked for originality via the Turnitin plagiarism tool.
