Tuesday 2 July 2013

Patterns of Behaviour (Part Two)

Did you know that you can change behaviour? One example of some behaviour changes is: Ok, imagine there's a cat. The cat really wants to go outside, so it climbs on the kitchen bench (because there's a window), and climbs up a fly screen. We watched a clip, and a vet had to come along and put an electric thing on the bench. When you touch it you get a small electric shock. On the fly screen he puts a sheet of plastic on it. In return he gives the cat (called Harry) a cat scratcher that is up high so the cat can see outside.  The vet altered the way the cat reacted - the screen meant the cat could no longer climb up the fly-screen, the electric sheet meant the cat didn't jump up on the bench anymore, and the cat scratcher still allowed the cat to see outside, but he was no longer damaging the people's furniture.

I have learnt that you can change behaviour.

Check out these videos. In them are some clips of some behaviour changes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=0AbQSE4ZKvk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=zSiHjMU-MUo