300 words work
Superstitions are unsupported beliefs about cause and effect that guide the actions of many people.
Pick a superstition that you have or that you have heard another person discuss.
- Use the principles of operant conditioning to discuss how that superstition came in to existence and has become imbedded into your (or the other person’s) belief system.
- Now using the principles of observational learning describe the process in which a person can acquire a superstitious behavior.
- 2. Your initial post (your response to the topic) must contain a citation. It is your ideas supported by research. Please refer to the APA Power Point in the Start Here section of the classroom for information on proper formatting. There will be a deduction of 20 points for failure to cite a source within your initial post and to provide a reference at the end of your initial post.