The Day Length Of The Program

When you start the program, you commit yourself to following a “12 step program” and attending 90

This study, conducted as a requirement for an introductory psychology course, was an investigation of how learning principles such as reinforcement and punishment could be applied to improve conditions in everyday life. In particular, I was studying to see if positive reinforcement would help me to increase my daily water intake. Conceptually defined, daily water intake is the act of drinking water by mouth on a day-to-day basis, in order to keep body cells hydrated and functional. The positive reinforcement I used was a treat of bite-sized Hershey bars, a candy of chocolate. I had hypothesized that I would remember to drink water more often during the day if I rewarded myself for remembering during the intervention period.

Program planning is a process to achieve a particular goal and/or mission. Program planning is an organized process through which a set of coordinated activities or interventions is developed to address and facilitate change in some or all of the identified problems. Program evaluation provides useful information for improving the programs and the service delivery systems. Program evaluation is to improve the program planning, effectiveness, design, and efficiency. The two are different processes, but ideally they hold the same goals and/or mission. The evaluation process takes place after the planning of a

I can now return to my old habits without any guilt, except, I do not want to. This project has shown me the power of extremes. I do not want to continue with not eating any sweets, and yet I do not want to ignore what these five days have taught me. I want to find a moderation between the two. I want to compromise by balancing the mental endurance I gained from my

Recently I have been motivated by my friend Adrian’s life changing decision of putting behind his desire of just letting go and being determined to live a healthy life. I have always had an active life and enjoy playing sports but figured that it wouldn’t be enough and I am currently on a diet which has cut down on my calorie and sugar level intake. Nowadays I take the time to read nutrition labels and measure portion sizes which make a great difference. Every now and then I have a break and consume foods that are not healthy but I now I am doing better now. It is a constant struggle to not get tempted into a delicious looking pizza or some perfectly rounded donuts but I stay motivated to achieve my

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I want to continue drinking more water every day rather than drinking a lot of sodas, because I felt a positive change in my body within the first two weeks of tracking my behavior change. Being in a better mood and having more energy has allowed me to accomplish, without getting tired, more in one day than I have since I was a little child. Before this behavior change project, I always told myself that I needed to drink more water because I know that it is better for me than sodas, or other drinks with a lot of sugar in them. Although I did not completely reach my long-term goal of drinking eight glasses per day, I still feel very accomplished and proud of myself. I was able to get up to drinking seven glasses of water per day rather than only drinking water when I ran out of sodas in the refrigerator. Without completing and reaching all of my short-term goals, I most likely would not have gotten so close to my long-term goal of drinking eight glasses of water every

CM utilizes operant conditioning to motivate particular behaviors through positive reward by motivation of a rewards. Types of incentives that are most popular in CM include Voucher Based Reinforcement (VBR) and Prize Incentives, a more cost effective way to gain a prize, lottery style. Both incentives reward positive goal oriented tasks such as drug free urine samples and consistency in attending counseling sessions. (NIDA, 2016). Studies conducted in methadone clinics and counseling treatment programs have reported that incentive-based interventions are highly effective in keeping clients abstinent from drugs and motivating client treatment retention (Petry and Carroll,

The program started the following week and the whole intervention was conducted over two school terms with weekly sessions of 30 minutes each (approximately 5 months). Three classroom

My teachers in lower grades used punishments more than rewards to influence my behaviors. Starting from kindergarten the punishment system was introduced to me. Whenever I misbehaved, I had to move the clothespin with my name on it, up the next paper plate which symbolized a higher tier of punishment. The three levels were green, yellow, and red. The first tier, green, symbolized freedom to play during recess, the second tier, yellow, symbolized a penalty of time that had to be sat on a bench, and the final tier, red, symbolized a trip to the principal’s office. The fear of having to go see the principal or having to sit on the bench for a period of time was my motivation to not misbehave.

Token economies have had success when improving exercise behaviors in children and some other types of mammals. In this study exercise behaviors and negative thoughts were studied and a token economy, long term reinforcers and prompting were used to intervene in the target behaviors. This study aimed to increase the participant’s exercise behaviors from once a week to three times or more, in an effort to allow the participant a healthier lifestyle along with allowing her to combat the negative thoughts that prevented exercise behaviors from taking place before the intervention. The intervention appears to have worked, in that the participant completed nine exercise sessions during this period, and her average negative thoughts per day decreased. Maintenance for this intervention does not seem to be as strong as it could be however, as the participant’s exercise behaviors did not remain high after the intervention was completed. A more permanent solution of a changing criterion design combined with systematic fading would potentially create a more long-lasting behavioral change. The initial results of the intervention illustrate that a token economy can be effective with adults as well as children.

The behavior I have chosen to do my modification program on is increasing the amount of time I work out every time I go to the gym until I reach my target goal. My target goal is to work out for an hour and half every time I go to the gym in the morning. When I go to the gym I will be taking a stop watch to time the amount of time I work out to verify that I reached my goal as well as mark my calendar every day that I go stating how long I worked out for. To make sure I was committed to the goal I wrote down six reasons/benefits of making this behavior change that are both short term and long term. They are feeling better about myself throughout the day, getting to wear the dress I want to be able to fit by my birthday on July 24th, increasing my endurance for marathons, improving my mood, sleeping better, also something to enjoy doing with my husband. There are many more but these are the ones I placed on my bathroom mirror, on my desk lamp at work, on my dashboard in my car, the table next to my front door that holds my gym bag and shoes, on my fridge and in my husband’s truck in case he drives. I also let my husband know my goal and also invited him to come with me so he could monitor that I am actually sticking with my plan daily. I also had stated the table next to the door holds my gym bag and shoes so if I was to walk outside I automatically see them there taunting me to take them and go to the gym. I also put a reminder on my phone each day of my goal and why it

My measureable goal was to eat three servings of fruit a day by April 22, 2017. I picked this goal because of the benefits of increasing fruit intake. In order to make sure I adhere to my target goal I will eat three different fruits in a day so I won’t get sick of a certain fruit. I also choose to eat half a cup of blueberries a day to help stimulate new brain cells (dailymail UK, 2017). At the beginning I didn 't like blueberries at all, but now have a obsession with them. I also set up an alarm on my phone to remind me to eat fruit in the morning, at lunch, and at

If my roommate is on track and loosing weight there will be a celebration workout that involves something fun and enjoyable for my roommate. One specific celebration I devised is paintball, I chose this activity because it still involves cardio while adding an enjoyable aspect of shooting a paintball gun. There will be no rewards that contain unhealthy food choices such as fast food, candy and junk food. This is because each bad meal choice will result in weigh gain making it counter productive for the goals my roommate is trying to achieve. If my roommate does not follow each step of this program there will be signs of negative reinforcement such as harder and longer workouts to keep him on track to make the football team. This program is devised to help my roommate loose weight but this can only be achieved by him, he is ultimately the deciding factor. I can only tell my roommate what to do while watching his activities and progress as closely as possible but if he is not committed there will be no opportunity for

One was to set alarms at designated times that notified me to go to the gym, and once completed, I invested in a FitBit. Another one was to buy workout gloves because they would help show how I am committed enough to spend money on equipment and supplements. I rewarded myself by going to go eat Salt Lick BBQ, something I have wanted to eat since moving to Austin. The last goal was to create a solid schedule that I would be able to follow consistently for a long period of time. As a result, I gifted myself a new pair of gym shoes. All of these were relatively easy and I was able to reach each of them with ease. The only thing I had to adjust was the time frames in which I expected to meet the goals; each target date was met one week earlier. Of the three objectives I placed, setting alarms most reflects the steps of behavior change for improving health. For example, it demonstrates that I contemplated change by having a plan of action or an increased readiness, two aspects of step two. Also, since these alarms adapted my routine, there was a sense of shaping involved, a quality found in step