All Master Behavior Detection Officer and Expert Behavior Detection Officer (See attachment) commitment to the Behavior Detection Analysis (BDA) TEAM at BDL resulted in a 96.7% score during the annual Program Compliance Assessment (PCA) visit. This outstanding score was recognized by William Csontos FSD BDL, Barbara Powell, Director, Field Operations and Melanie Harvey, Director Threat Assessment, Security Operations. MBDOs and EBDOs were also instrumental in correcting last years Corrective Action Plans (CAP) by his/her continued commitment to the program, identifying and addressing both personal and peer areas of improvement and improving upon them throughout the year. All MBDOs and EBDOs were commended by the PCA team for his/her teamwork…
a. Write a hypothetical, traditional psychological description of why Racquel blurts out answers According to the child psychologist that Racquel has been seeing, he describes in his assessment that Racuqel suffers from separation anxiety disorder. Due to her feeling the symptoms of her separation anxiety disorder, Racquel blurts out answers to make her feel better by reducing the symptoms of her separation anxiety disorder. b. Write a behavior analytic explanation of Racquel’s behavior.…
Curiosity and uncertainty are known to fill the lives of children. From infancy, children notoriously imitate the actions they see, whether good or bad. Although idiosyncratic, Imitation is the basis for all humanly behaviors in the present and future. In The Glass Castle, imitation is very prevalent in the Walls family. Human beings are prone to repeat the actions of their elders, but childhood misdoing is not necessary.…
Although the location of my study areas vary, I decided to choose the one where the majority of studying is done which is in my bedroom on the bed. The set up of the area will include surrounding myself with textbooks, two laptaps (one for note taking, the other for research), different colors pens, a notebook, snacks and of course my cell phone. While studying I normally have the television on but its muted. For the purpose of the reaction paper I thought it would be more accurate to have someone observe my actions.…
Every kid wants to experiment when they are younger. Some of us just seem to make a massive mess when we do it. Of course our parents always tell us that we should be careful not to stain our carpets with anything, and that is where I made my mistake. I was sitting in my room bored with nothing to do. May I remind you that this is not a good thing for a seven year old to be doing.…
A large part of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) with children is reducing and eliminating problem behaviors like aggression. Maladaptive behaviors must be replaced with a more socially appropriate behavior. This is important because many problem behaviors can be dangerous and harmful to the child and the people around them. The problem is that there is little research that has been conducted on this topic. There a few standards for selecting a replacement behavior.…
Issues regarding sex offenders can be found at all levels of the correctional system. During entry and housing in jails while waiting sentencing, to housing in prisons, and then again when a sex offender enters probation or parole. Leaders in the corrections field have closely worked with psychology experts to find a viable solution on a multitude of problems these specific offenders pose. One of the problem area’s solutions is the concept of behavior modification. Behavior modification is not a new concept as far as corrections is concerned; some say that the whole corrections process is geared towards behavior modification.…
Health compromising behaviors are behaviors that people practice that can put their current and future health in harm (Taylor, 2015, p.79). There are many important characteristics of health compromising behaviors. The first is the window of vulnerability in adolescence (Taylor, 2015, p.79). Adolescence tend to get the urge to want to try something even though it can put them at risk. They usually start to drink, smoke, use illicit drugs, and practicing unsafe sex (Taylor, 2015, p.79).…
Overall, the results presented give a clear and consistent view of the neurological abnormalities present in victims of PTSD. The results were also heavily supported by corresponding research as seen in table 5, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12. The four main structures, which form the neural circuitry of stress, involved in PTSD neurological changes (hippocampus, PFC, insular lobe and amygdala) have been investigated structurally and functionally to assess how these abnormalities affect the workings of the brain. The hippocampus is a crucial structure in the development, effects and continuation of PTSD.…
There is always a time in a person’s life when they reach the point that they are no longer a child and they begin to take the steps to become an adult. During those steps, they are in the “coming of age” part of their life. In coming of age stories the author often uses an extreme or dramatic moment to have the protagonist reach the stage of adulthood. It is these moments that signify to the reader the difficulty of coming of age.…
Like forceful conduct at home, stalking is a wrongdoing of constrain and control. Stalking is conservatively portrayed as "a course of lead facilitated at a specific person that incorporates reiterated (no less than two occasions) visual or physical region, nonconsensual correspondence, or verbal, created, or induced risks, or a mix thereof, that would realize a sensible individual fear. " Stalking hones in like manner may consolidate constant cases of leaving or sending the setback undesirable things or presents that may go from clearly nostalgic to bizarre, after or sitting tight in for the loss, hurting or undermining to hurt the loss' property, condemning the loss' character, or bothering the loss by methods for the Internet by posting singular information or spreading gossipy goodies about the loss (nij.gov, 2007) Stalking conduct outlines eagerly mirror those ordinary in various forceful conduct at home cases.…
The exhibit tells me a lot about the background of Viki, one of the basket makers in the United States or specifically in Indiana. Besides that, the exhibit also tells me a lot about the process of making baskets. The process might be difficult for someone who is not familiar to basket making. There are three essential tools that are needed to make baskets and the tools are spitzka, pruning shears and pocketknife. All of these tools are required to shape and bend the willow to become a perfect basket.…
The way our society is form, is for individuals to meet certain standards which are expected as being part of any society. For example, is expected from us to get educated, graduate and perhaps to get a job to self-sustain ourselves and our families. Since society is not "fair" to everyone and not everyone will conform to these standards, is expected there will be some individuals that will violate those values and norms that society have imply to us. According to Leon-Guerrero (2013) criminal behavior is usually perceived as a personal trouble, where there is a deviance from the normal expectation (p. 304). However, we can pretty much assume that someone that turns into criminal activity is because they are subject to personal failures in…
There was few children who had a play shopping cart, they were filling the cart up with blocks and pretending the blocks were groceries. They would go from one side of the side walk to the other pretending it was a grocery store. Thus showing a form of Dramatic and Symbolic Play. There was another small group of children making a tire chip hill. Next to them a few feet away was another little boy putting some chips onto a play shovel.…
Behavior Modification Assignment The target behavior that I want to manipulate and completely change of mine is picking and biting my nails. I have realized that whenever I am nervous or in a stressful situation I seem to bite or pick at my nails. Maybe I do this to keep my mind off the subject of matter when I am nervous or it’s a muscle memory spasm I subconsciously do without knowing. The fact that I pick at my nails or bite is extremely annoying to me because I ruin them and they don’t look pleasing to the eye.…