M4A1 DISCUSSION - ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS (PERSONALITY THEORY CLASS)

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USE APA 6TH ADDITION FORMAT 

INCLUDE REFERENCE AND CITE APA 6TH EDITION, WITH URL LINKS

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M4A1: Discussion – Environmental Factors

Assignment 1: Discussion—Environmental Factors

MUST BE ORIGINAL

In this assignment, you will have a chance to discuss a topic that brings personality theory together with social psychology. Dealing with unhealthy groups like gangs or cults is an important issue in social psychology. However, you cannot fully address this issue if you do not first understand personality development and how one’s personality affects the choices that are made. Specifically, you will look at Skinner’s behavioral perspective on personality development and discuss how that theory can play a role in this issue of unhealthy groups.

Use the Internet, Argosy University library resources, and your textbook to research Skinner’s concept of the environment and answer the following questions: 

• If you were to create an environment for Bob to change his behavior from that of a gang member to a respectable and law-abiding citizen, what types of environmental changes and positive reinforcements would you suggest and why?
• What are some interventions that are used in the field currently? Are there any evidence-based programs that use these environmental and reinforcement interventions? 

Write your initial response in 2–3 paragraphs. Apply APA standards to citation of sources and be sure to include reference URL link to citations listed