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... faulty study habits is a must in college if I plan to succeed. The result of the operant that I am aiming for is a passing grade in psychology, and the way to achieve this is through using fixed-interval scheduling, studying in classroom-like conditions and reinforcement of the study habits. Studying for hours on end the day before the test is not the best technique to learning. Instead, I propose to set a time limit on studying every day. After that set time interval of, say, one hour, the result will be reinforced with a TV break. By using positive reinforcement the TV break appears more valuable to me. The TV is now a conditioned stimulus to the conditioned response of studying. The law of effect shows what I hope to achieve, a passing grade, and with this new study habit it should be true. Teaching myself to learn can be a difficult process. Currently I use bottom up processing; I concentrate on the little things before I understand the whole picture. By switching to top-down processing I may be able to gain a better grasp on the material at hand. Another factor with studying is the environment in which the studying occurs. When studying the radio is usually on, however, in the classroom there is no radio. If I study in a quiet area, void of all distractions such as TV and radio, the chances of...