In order to determine the most effective method for modifying behavior, it is important to first understand why the individual is performing that behavior. A behavior may serve different purposes. For instance, one child may throw a tantrum in order to gain attention from those nearby, while another child might throw a tantrum to be sent away and avoid interacting with those same people. Accurately determining the motivation behind a behavior (Its function) is critical in developing effective interventions. Part of determining the motivation behind a behavior requires the analysis of both what precedes the behavior, and what follows. Identifying these antecedents and outcomes is a critical step in accurately assessing the functions of a behavior and determining effective interventions. For this Assignment, you will delve further into functional assessment by identifying antecedents and outcomes of a particular behavior in your life. To Prepare Select a behavior in your life. Identify antecedents to that behavior and outcomes of engaging in that behavior. Describe the behavior you chose from your personal life experience. Explain the antecedents of the behavior your chose. Explain the antecedents and consequences (outcomes) of the behavior you chose.

Please open the file"RUSN 1020 Essay 1.docx" and carefully read the request, the file "English Sample Essays.docx" is a sample for this essay.Please choose a topic and write from the 6 topics: 1. How does Pushkin’s “The Bronze Horseman” serve as a chronicle of Russian history? Towhat ends? (note: for this essay you will need to make use of some historical sources. Please let me know if you have any questions about valid sources.)2. How are themes such as power and powerlessness, as well as order and chaos, civilization and nature, explored in Pushkin’s “The Bronze Horseman”? To what ends? How might this poem serve as a comment on the relationship between the Tsar and the Russian people?3. How does Gogol mix comedy and tragedy, as well as fantasy and reality, in “The Overcoat”? To what ends?4. How is St. Petersburg represented in Gogol’s “The Overcoat”? How is life in the city, particularly for the rising class of clerks and bureaucrats, represented? To what ends?5. How is nostalgia explored in Goncharov’s “Oblomov’s Dream”, especially in relation to the pastoral setting? In keeping with the latter point, what kinds of contrasts might Goncharov be suggesting about city and country life? To what ends?6. Using both the selection from Herzen’s My Past and Thoughts and the essay on Herzen by Isaiah Berlin, what kind of image do we get of mid-nineteenth political and intellectual life in Russia? Despite Herzen’s strong political beliefs and his commitment to fighting injustices in Russia, what does Berlin see as Herzen’s chief intellectual - even temperamental - characteristic? How does this distinguish Herzen from other political radicals, both past and present? To what ends?

Paper Instruction and Content: This paper will contain 2 major components: 1) an analysis of your past or an application of your future, and 2) a discussion of those items throughout the course that led to some change in you.  #1 Understanding My Past Life Experiences – or how the knowledge you gained through this class helps you to understand you from the past OR #2 How I Can Apply Psychology to My Future Life – a look at how the knowledge you gained from this class can be applied to your future.  In the final section of your paper, you will discuss how this course has changed you.  Here you will summarize how the activities and specific assignments, readings, videos, speakers, discussions may have changed your perspective or behaviors.  Use the questions in the sections below to help guide your thinking and writing for this assignment.  Remember, you will be citing your resources (like you did throughout the course in the discussion boards). Instructions:  Write in specific, thorough details being sure to relate your story with information you learned throughout this course.  CHOOSE EITHER: Understanding My Past Life Experiences-How does what I have learned in this course help to be understand my past? How has what happened in your life affected who you are today? We are all shaped by our experiences. The purpose of this topic is not to tell your life story but to explain how the events in your life story influenced your life.  Be sure to relate your life story with at least three topics in this course and how you have gained a better understanding of your past because of learning psychology. For example, if your parents were divorced when you were 10, how did that affect you? How did that change the relationship you had with one or both parents? How did it change your attitude regarding intimate relations with others? ***OR*** How I Can Apply Psychology to My Future Life- How can the information you have learned in this class play a role in your future life. Describe how this new knowledge could be applied to your role or future role as a parent. How could this information be applied in your career choice? How could this information be applied to your personal relationships? How could the information help you with self-acceptance? Then, conclude your paper by considering the following: How This Course Has Changed Me- You will be using specific information from the textbook, videos, or other elements of the course for this section. How has the information you learned in this class changed you? How has your viewpoint on certain subjects changed? Which subjects specifically did your viewpoint change?  How is it different now?  What materials (videos, articles, textbook subjects, and class discussions) helped you make the change or changes? How has the information made you reassess different aspects of your life? How has it changed how you relate to others?