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Behaviorist Concepts in Fireproof
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Fireproof is a movie that features the life experiences of a young couple in the U.S.A. The protagonist in this film is Caleb Holt, who is married to Catherine Holt. The marriage of the young couple starts with extremely tough experiences (Kendrick 1). Caleb Holt works in a Fire brigade company and plays a leadership role in his crew. He is renowned amongst his colleagues to have the best rescue skills and has handled the greatest number of tough emergency situations. Caleb continuously risks his life greatly so as to save the lives of fire outbreak victims.
For instance, one of the scenes in the movie features him rescuing a child in a burning house (Kendrick 1). After…show more content… Since there was constant blame within the couple, Catherine declares that she is breaking up with her husband. Upon her declaration, Caleb yells back telling her that it is fine with him that she decided to leave him (Kendrick 1). After their breakup, the couple still shares the house as Catherine is pursuing a legal divorce process. Caleb shares the stressful moments with his dad, who advises him to fix the marriage (Kendrick 1). The man tells him some Christian values and procedures that would take him forty days. Towards the end of the recommended procedure, Catherine realizes that her husband has changed and forgives him for a new start (Kendrick 1). After they agree to fix their marriage, Caleb and Catherine Holt decide to renew their family vows for a better relationship between…show more content… According to this concept, a behavior ought to recur upon the presentation of a positive reinforcement (Poling 15). This entails any pleasurable experience that presents itself immediately after a behavior. Caleb Holt was addicted to viewing obscene images in his computer, and this kept frustrating his wife (Kendrick 1). The addiction was elevating with time as Caleb Holt could not find time for his wife after viewing the images. The obscene images gave him some sort of pleasure, and this blissful experience was the positive reinforcement. In this case, Caleb could repeatedly view the images regardless of his knowledge about the detrimental long-term impact they could have on him. However, the presentation of punishment also decreases the probability of a behavior’s re-occurrence (Poling 16). This is also a paramount principle in the Behavioral school of thought proving that punishment is an aversive experience that is presented immediately after an undesired behavior (Poling 14). The constant rejection by his wife was Caleb’s aversive experience. After realizing his loss due to his addiction, he destroyed his computer to focus on re-uniting with Catherine. Therefore, principles of behaviorism apply directly to daily lives as humans seek to maximize pleasure and minimize pain (Poling