What Is The Purpose Of Peer-Administered Contingency

Peer-administered contingency involves the use of a peer to directly change the behavior of the target individual. Once the peer begins the program, someone observes the actions of the peer. The peer is then debriefed on how well they shaped the behavior of the target individual. The purpose of peer-administered contingency is for an individual to undergo a training period in order to modify their behavior.
For the purposes of the study, the target behavior will be the lack of exercise. The peer will be instructed to increase the participant’s exercise through the program. The training for the peer will involve learning effective exercises and effective prompts to increase the target behavior. The program involves the peer teaching the participant