Brenda Hatley
Trisha Abad
Ana Maria Barrera
Charles Charanghat
What we will be covering:
• What is a Personality?
• Theories of Human Behavior
• Behavior Modification Programs
Behavior Modification Model
• “Any Dog Can Become an Elephant”
• Tips and Suggestions
• Group Activity
Psychological Perspective
• Behavior as a component of
personality
– Personality is made up of 3 factors:
1. Values
2. Attitudes
3. Behavior
Values
• Abstract concepts of importance that are made
tangible through objects that symbolize their
value
– Education- symbolized by books and diploma
• Modeling (Imitation)
– The ability to imitate our
behaviors from the observation
of others
• No direct reinforcement is given
Behavior Modification Programs
• Negative Health Habits
– Alcoholism, eating disorders, smoking
• Behavioral Addictions
– Workaholic, shopping
• Lifestyle improvement changes
– Time management and assertiveness
• One Precursory
Phase (Denial)
– Refuse to admit to their
unhealthy behavior
• Five Distinct
Systematic Stages
1. Awareness
2. Desire to Change
3. Cognitive Restructuring
4. Behavioral Substitution
5. Evaluation
Five Distinct Systematic Stages
1. Awareness
• Learning to become aware of a specific behavior in the effort to
change it
• Stress-producing habits
2. Desire to Change
• No change will occur without it
• “hit bottom”
3. Cognitive Restructuring
• Catch yourself in the act and think of new alternative
• Self-dialogue recognizing current and pending behavior
4. Behavioral Substitution
• Substituting a new (positive) behavior for a less desirable one
• Not just substitution, but addition to behavior
5. Evaluation
• “Step back”
• See what worked/didn’t work and fine-tune the process
So Remember: Any Dog Can
Become an Elephant!
• Awareness
• Desire to Change
• Cognitive
Restructuring
• Behavioral
Substitution
• Evaluation
Tips and Suggestions
• Journal Writing
• Behavioral Substitution
(Mental Imagery)
• Relaxation techniques
may be additions to
behavior substitutions