Bad behaviour

Behavior is defined as the course a person undertakes his or her actions. Bad behaviors can be curbed by either positive or negative punishment. I have developed a bad behavior of back bristled which I am real determined to finish. I have become a very execration gossiper whereby I can back bite ten populates in a day. Every metre I get a neighbor outside her premises, I invariably tell her news about the different neighbors with so much exaggeration. I can not leave several(prenominal)(prenominal) rumor undiscussed.Since more or less of the stories of are not truthful, they end up grasp the person I have talked about. This behavior is costing me most of my friends therefrom the reason why am seriously thinking about quitting by employing positive punishment. For a start I w upset begin with always keeping my self busy so as to minimize the chances of coming upon my neighbors. twenty-four hours one I distribute to stay indoors for most of the day but I make for some of my neighbors on my way to the grocery store and although I restrain myself, I end up back biting ten times as usual.Day devil am find outing like no matter what happens am not vatical to talk about anybody but unfortunately, my next door neighbor comes visiting. hotshot thing leads to another and I end up discussing septet of my friends. At the end of the day although I can see there is an profit I am not comfortable. Day three I to the highest degree swear that am no longer going to be dish the dirt people, because I have already realized that my greatest weakness is cosmos close to anyone who is willing to listen to my fake news.Although the urge of talking ill about somebody is almost killing me, I do as much as I can to restrain myself but I end up gossiping five neighbors. Day four I have so much household chores to attend to so I spend the whole day indoors and luckily, I receive two friends only who I send off immediately after care to them so I manage to finish the day without back biting anyone. I congratulate myself at the end of the day and see it as a day well spent. Day five I function to visit my grannies who lie with hundred miles from my home.Although I do not meet with any of my neighbors, I meet an old acquaintance whom we used to live with in the same neighborhood and eventually we gossip three of my neighbors. Day six I am feeling tired due to my yesterdays traveling so I forefathert feel like seeing any neighbor and therefore I manage to finish the day without a single gossip Day seven I think I am getting used to not gossiping at all and in fact I dont feel the urge I had before I indomitable to quit this bad behavior.Although I happen to meet to meet with some of my neighbors, I happen to gossip no one (Sundel, Sundel, 2005 p 130- 137) I have a major improvement although I have not stopped completely. I think that it is just a matter of time and I quit it all together. REFERENCES Changing Behavior with Positive Reinforce ment, retrieved on 3rd, November, 2008, available at http//www. fairview. org/healthlibrary/content/bha_behav_bha. htm Martin Sundel, Sandra Stone Sundel (2005) Behavior Change in the Human Services Behavioral and Cognitive Principles and Applications, NY, SAGE,