Presentation on Behavior Theory

Question: Write about thePresentation on Behavior Theory. Answer: This is an approach to psychology founded on the assumption that behavior can be investigated scientifically without assistance of the inner mental states. It is also a study of specific behavior of a person. The newspaper article in use is an article in a newspaper known as Woroni by the Australian National University, located at Canberra. The name Woroni is derived from a native Australian word meaning mouthpiece. Woroni is published every two weeks in full color tabloid format, and features broad coverage of university and local news. It was formerly published asStudent Notes. The writer of the tries how human behavior has influenced dressing has influenced dressing hence leading to a clique in dressing. She begins with explaining how if you visited any school during free days you easily place people in their respective groups by just looking at their clothes (Glanz, Rimer and Viswanath, 2015). She further explains the different kinds of dressing from kids in black trenches to the girls in yellow spandex ra-ra skirts and pink boob tubes. She states how by this type of dressing the kids are expressing their identities. She explains how in her high school one could gauge how popular a girl was by how low her ankles socks were. Though the uniform code was to wear that covered the ankle bone and how dropping sock below that point was to flout the authorities, the popularity of the girls who went against this uniform code had their popularities off the charts (Nuttin and Greenwald, 2014). She even explains how these girls even went around with cigarettes and undergarments showing. She says that the clique dressing also reminds her of the gangs in America in which one could easily tell who was the yo brutha for a criminal and who to shoot by just looking at their color-coded clothes. The article further states that all this dressing i.e. punk dressing, Goth dressing etc. are all ways of belonging to different gangs, full of dress rules and code of behavior (Watt, 2013). The author further criticizes Miss Hilton on her behavior to dress her pets in matching clothing. The author further explains how couples find themselves wearing the same outfits as their other half simply because they have very similar taste. The article explains how we as the world are all clique dressing as human behavior is programmed to conform to want to fit in. The author further explains how we fool ourselves into thinking we are different and that we are curving out an identity for ourselves by putting on the clothes we do every morning (Altman, Valenzi and Hodgetts, 2013). However, all we are doing is finding a place to belong and hence putting on the gear that goes along with the group is one way to gain membership. She finalizes her article by stating that we are in an us and them world and clothes will show you where everybody belongs. The article used clearly show us how human dressing behavior is investigated scientifically without any interaction with the inner mental state by just looking at how man uses his dressing to fit in unconsciously. References Altman, S., Valenzi, E. and Hodgetts, R.M., 2013. Organizational behavior: Theory and practice. Elsevier. Clair Low. (2005) ' The Clique Dressing epidemic',Woroni, 15 May, p.16. Glanz, K., Rimer, B.K. and Viswanath, K., 2015. Health behavior: Theory, research, and practice. John Wiley Sons. Nuttin, J. and Greenwald, A.G., 2014. Reward and punishment in human learning: Elements of a behavior theory. Academic Press. Watt, J.R., 2013. Saving lives in wartime China: how medical reformers built modern healthcare systems amid war and epidemics, 1928-1945. Brill.