Document Type
Oral Presentation
Campus where you would like to present
SURC Room 201
Start Date
15-5-2014
End Date
15-5-2014
Keywords
Reducing, F-Word, Token System
Abstract
The purpose of this research is to determine if implementing a token system will decrease the amount of time the participant in the study uses profanity (the f-word). The participant in this study volunteered herself for the study and is a twenty-one year old college student. The participant was recruited voluntarily to participate in this study and only one participant was studied for the purpose of this research. The participant was observed over a three-hour time period, five days a week for a total of four weeks. The participant received positive reinforcement using a sticker token system every time she used the f-word one or fewer times in a three-hour time period. An ABAB design was used for this study to determine if the intervention was successful. Confidentiality was maintained throughout this research study and the participant will not be mentioned by name. (Editor’s Note: This presentation may contain adult themes, content, or imagery.)
Recommended Citation
FitzGerald, Kristen, "Reducing the Amount of Swearing by using a Token System" (2014). Symposium Of University Research and Creative Expression (SOURCE). 49.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/source/2014/oralpresentations/49
Additional Mentoring Department
Educational Foundations and Curriculum
Reducing the Amount of Swearing by using a Token System
SURC Room 201
The purpose of this research is to determine if implementing a token system will decrease the amount of time the participant in the study uses profanity (the f-word). The participant in this study volunteered herself for the study and is a twenty-one year old college student. The participant was recruited voluntarily to participate in this study and only one participant was studied for the purpose of this research. The participant was observed over a three-hour time period, five days a week for a total of four weeks. The participant received positive reinforcement using a sticker token system every time she used the f-word one or fewer times in a three-hour time period. An ABAB design was used for this study to determine if the intervention was successful. Confidentiality was maintained throughout this research study and the participant will not be mentioned by name. (Editor’s Note: This presentation may contain adult themes, content, or imagery.)
Faculty Mentor(s)
Tsai , Shu-Fei