Operational Conditioning Worksheet
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HappierTherapy
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The Happier Therapy editorial team is made up of Masters and PhD counselling psychologists. Each worksheet is created by a team member with exposure to and experience in the subject matter. The worksheet then gets reviewed by a more senior editorial member. This is someone with extensive knowledge of the subject matter and highly cited published material.
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What is the theory behind this Operational Conditioning Worksheet?
Operant conditioning is a mode of learning that applies rewards and punishments to modify desirable behavior. It reflects reversible behavior sustained by schedules of reinforcement or punishment. It has demonstrated that individuals who received either reinforcement or punishment performed better than those who did not, and that reinforcement was superior to punishment in terms of changing the desired behavior.
How will this worksheet help?
This worksheet teaches how to formulate behavioral goals that must be realistic, and how you will adhere to your goals by knowing its importance to extract alternative steps to decrease the likelihood of undesirable behavior.
How to use the worksheet?
This worksheet enables the individual to modify their undesirable behavior into a desirable one by targeting that behavior. Review the example provided in this worksheet, and finalize the behavior you would like to change.
