Question

Dylan loves to play tennis. but because he is serious about doing well in college, he only goes to the tennis courts after he accomplishes his studying goals for the day. what strategy is dylan using to improve his self-control?

Answer 1

Dylan loves to play tennis. But because he is serious about doing well in college, he only goes to the tennis courts after he accomplishes his studying goals for the day. Dylan is using self-reinforcement.

Answer 2

The answer is "self-reinforcement".

Self-reinforcement is a procedure whereby people control their own conduct by compensating themselves when a specific standard of execution has been accomplished or outperformed.  

Self-reinforcement is a technique for self-molding that demonstrations to reinforce the relationship between specific improvements and certain reactions. Reinforcement is the demonstration of following a reaction with a reinforcer and is one of the essential apparatuses of operant conditioning.