Assignment
Research Paper: Changing (or Maintaining/Increasing) a Habit
The objective of this assignment is to observe and analyze a habit (good or bad) from different learning perspectives. For this assignment you will select a habit that you wish to change (or maintain/increase) and are willing to tell me about. All papers are confidential as I will be the only one reading them and will keep all information to myself.
General Instructions for Research Paper:
· Use APA format for in-text citations and references.
· Paper length is 2,450 words minimum (not including the title or reference pages).
A review of literature that includes exactly four peer reviewed journal articles should precede a method section and a discussion section. In the introduction, you are required to describe the acquisition and maintenance of the habit from at least one psychological perspective (behavioral, cognitive, biological, social-cultural, etc.). You can bring in more than one perspective if you feel they apply. This will be followed by a concise method section.
Basically, the Participants subsection is about you and the Procedure subsection should describe the techniques or combination of techniques (e.g. using reinforcement, punishment, etc.) that you will employ. You will need to design an intervention to change (maintain or increase) the habit over the course of one week. The next part of the assignment (discussion section) is to analyze the results of your intervention.