Upton Sinclair's famous novel, "The Jungle," was a scathing critique of the situation that existed in American factories in the beginning of the 20th century. The book highlighted the poor sanitation and worker standards that existed in meat packing and processing plants. As a result of the book Congress enacted two major pieces of legislation seeking to address the problems addressed in the book. The first was the "Meat Inspection Act", and the second was the "Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906."
Answer:
understanding the causes of behavior requires looking at the environmental factors that produce them.
Explanation:
Behavior modification is a therapeutic process that is focused on changing any undesirable negative behavior in an individual through the use of positive or negative consequence and biofeedback.
Behavior modification is typically based on operant conditioning principles, through negative or positive reinforcement, undesirable behaviors developed by an individual are mainly replaced with more desirable ones.
Behavior modification can also be used to correct human behaviors or disorders such as enuresis (bed-wetting), Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), generalized anxiety disorder, Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), phobias, etc.
From the behaviorist perspective, understanding the causes of behavior or behavioral changes in living organisms require attentively studying or looking at the environmental factors such as predators, family, competition for food, climate change, sex mates, etc., that produce them.
