Behavior Change Project
Behavior Change Project
Behavior Change Project
The Project
1. Choose a behavior. (Hint: Choose a behavior that you will be able to track over a two-week period.)
2. At the onset of this intervention, evaluate your Stage of Change for this behavior.
4. Track your progress for two full weeks. Develop a method to track your progress, such as a calendar, journal or spreadsheet.
5. Note the processes used from the Stages of Change Model. What specific processes are you using? Are they appropriate for your stage?
6. At the end of the two-week period, evaluate your Stage of Change toward this behavior again.
Your grade on this project will be based on your written work only. Your grade will not be based on whether you were successful at changing your
behavior. The paper should clearly describe each element of the project and portray your knowledge of behavior modification. Please include any
documents developed during the project as appendices to your paper. Please write in clear, coherent, and carefully edited prose. Your paper should be
no longer than 2 pages, double spaced, 12 font with 1-inch margins. Use the following section headings: Starting the Project, My Journey, and Final
Analysis. Organize the material listed in the enclosed rubric into one of these three headings. Points will be awarded based on the enclosed rubric.
Behavior Change Project Rubric
Reward (2 points)
State whether your reward was motivating. If not, what type of reward would be motivating?
2 points Addressed whether the reward was motivating and provided suggestions on how to improve reward
1 point Discussed whether the reward was motivating
0 points Section omitted
Goal and Goal Attainment (5 points)
State whether your goal was appropriate based on your level of motivation and potential barriers
5 points Described the frequency in which you engage in the behavior after the two week intervention period; addressed whether the goal
was appropriate based on motivation and barriers; discussed whether the goal was met completely (if the goal was not reached,
discussed how to improve the stated goal in the future so it is reachable); (if the goal was reached, described how to improve the
goal to continue to improve the stated behavior)
1-4 points One or more elements are missing
0 points Section omitted
Monitoring (3 points)
Discuss whether monitoring your behavior aided your progress toward your goal
3 points Adequately described the monitoring device used; Addressed whether monitoring behavior helped and how monitoring devices
could be altered in the future
1 point Addressed whether monitoring behavior helped
0 points Section omitted
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(specific behavioral goals, self-monitoring)