Positive Reinforcement

Brittney Tutton Southwestern Illinois College regard This correction is based on the inwardness of imperative reenforcement on drill more regularly. I treasured to stress and reading at least 30min 1 hr e actuallyday within ace weeks period of age. In trying to do so I used positive reinforcer to augment to time I used to lesson more distributively day. I studied myself for this case and I am a 21 socio-economic class old female who attends Southwestern Illinois College. everywhere a sevener day service line period I noted that I never practised at all, unless you count the time token to walk to y gondola and or from one class to the next.Over the seven day intervention period I engagementd more being that I couldnt check over TV unless I completed at least 30mins of coiffure. So if I wanted to watch an hour of TV I had to reading at least 30mins and this was very successful for me. The use of positive payoff in this study was easiest for me and worked t o inspection and repair me exploit more. In the future when applying behavior variety to help me exercise more I may try something different to help me increase the timed used to exercise daily.Instead of use a privilege as a reward I quite a little switch it up and use something I really want, such as a new pair of shoes as a positive reinforcement to slip by to get me to exercise more regularly each day. Keywords positive reinforcement, baseline period, treatment period, behavior accommodation For my behavior modification redact, I wanted to increase how untold I exercised. My goal was to exercise at least 5 eld a week for at least 30mins a day. The reason I chose utilisation for this project is because I believe its something I necessitate to do ore of to stay healthy and fit.The reasons I think I have disarray employment regularly is 1) I am so busy with drill and school work, I made myself believe I didnt have time to. 2) I extend a lot and would always ordai n it off for later and end up never doing it at all. I political platform on victimisation positive reinforcement to increase how much I exercise daily. My short termination goal is to exercise at least 5days a week for at least 30mins long. My long term goal is to increase the time washed-out exercising each day from 30mins to 1 hour long and to start alimentation healthier as well. MethodsMy operational interpretation for my target behavior is exercising more, to exercise at least 30mins a day. official Reinforcement willing be my treatment. Whenever I want to watch tv I have to complete 30mins of exercise. I will use positive reinforcement by rewarding myself 1 hr of television if I exercise for 30mins. Procedurel For 2weeks I quiet data for this study. For 7 days I collected data before I used behavior modification to castrate my non exercising habit. For another 7 days I collected data in the treatment phase where I started using positive reinforcement henever I exerc ised.Baseline phase. During the 7 day baseline phase I recorded how much I did or didnt exercise each day. I did not reward myself for exercising and I didnt penalize myselt tor not exercising at all. I wrote down and kept track in my notebook how much I did or didnt exercise each day. Treatment phase. During the 7 day treatment phase, I rewarded myself 1 hour of television if I exercised for at least 30mins. Results During the baseline phase I spent zero minutes exercising a day. I did not exercise at all. During the treatment phase I exercised an average of 45min a day.I met my goal of exercising more regularly at a marginal of at least 30mins a day. Summary During the treatment phase of this study I met my goal of exercising more every day for a minimum of 30mins by using positive reinforcement. I plan on continuing this and using positive reinforcement to help me exercise more each day and increase my time spent exercising. I as well as would like to try to start take healthi er to lose weight and I will use positive reinforcement to do so. I am exhalation to try new rein forcers for exercising more and eating healthy, such as a pair of new shoes when I reach my oal.