Unit 7 Discussion Board

Unit 7 Discussion Board Student Names Affiliation Course Number and Name Instructor Name Due Date Unit 7 Discussion Board I have been an on-and-off “exerciser” for the last five years, sometimes jogging around the park, running, and even going to the gym. I like to set myself a target of 6 times per week, but I have always struggled to hit those targets and stay consistent. Despite multiple attempts to establish this habit, I have found it difficult to generalize the behavior across different contexts and sustain it over time. Cooper et al. (2020) assert that generalization failure often occurs when behavior is not sufficiently reinforced across multiple settings and stimulus conditions. Initially, the “first 2 years” into exercising were context-dependent. By saying this, I mean that I relied on a specific time of day or a particular gym. This lack of varied stimulus conditions resulted in a failure to generalize the behavior when conditions changed, such as when my schedule shif...