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My overall goal is to reduce the amount of time I spend watching TV from 28 hours a week to 18 hours a week. In order to reach this goal, I have three sub goals to meet. Those goals are:
1. In the first month, I will cut down to 24 hours a week
2. By the second month, I will cut down to 22 hours a week
3. By the third month, I will cut down to 18 hours a week.
In order to make sure that I stay successful in achieving my goal, I need to make sure that I reinforce myself when I reach these milestones. I need to find some contingent reinforcers for when I reach these milestones. Which means that they are reinforcers that I will only receive when I reach those goals. If I don’t reach the milestones I will not receive the reinforcers. The first …show more content…
A good friend of mine from high school is part of the theater and music program on campus. She has a few shows coming up near the end of the month. If I am able to meet the second milestone within the next few weeks I will purchase a ticket and go to the show. I am a big fan of music and theater so I always have a good time at her shows. I try to make it to as many of her shows as I can. It will be very reinforcing to be able to see her perform. If I was not able to meet my milestone in time I have a backup plan. I will go see a different play. I love watching plays and I will plan a day that I will go to a theater and make a day out of it with some family and friends. My family is another big reinforcement for me. I do not get to spend a lot of time with them anymore now that I moved out to be closer to school. Also, school work keeps me very busy so I do not get much of a chance to spend time with them. So being able to go to a play with them and some of my friends will be something that I will really want to do. This makes a great …show more content…
By the third month, I will have had to cut down to my ultimate goal of eighteen hours a week. This is the most difficult because it would mean that I am only allowed to watch a little over two hours of television a day. I am so used to watching so much more. I do believe that I can do it. If I am able to meet this mile stone I will need a big reinforcer to keep me going. If I meet this goal I will go to a Matt Steffanina class. Matt Steffaniana is a famous choreographer and dance teacher who has a studio in Hollywood. He holds different levels of hip-hop classes. It has been a goal of mine and a couple of my friends to take one of his classes. If I make my last milestone I will go to one of the classes with my friends. As I stated before dance is a huge part of my life and one of my favorite activities. Being able to go to even one of Matt Steffanina’s classes would be a huge reinforcers. If I am not able to make one of his classes because they are full or something I will plan a six-flag day with my friends. Our school offers discount tickets to Six-Flags and my friends and I love going. I have only been able to go to Six-Flags but when I went it was so much fun.
These are the contingent reinforcers I have planned for each of the milestones. Since I have meet the first milestone already I will plan a me day this Saturday. If I make the second milestone in time I will go to one of my friend’s performances. If I do not make it in

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