Over the summer I worked as a camp counselor for a summer camp with campers ages 5-12. Anyone who’s worked with kids this young know that they can be very hard to control sometimes. In order to get them to listen and follow directions, I frequently had to use positive reinforcement. One instance I remember is when this one boy did not want to help clean up after a game. To get him to help, I decided to use positive reinforcement by telling him that for every toy that he picked up and put away, I would push him on the swing for that many minutes. By offering a rewarding stimulus (the swing pushing) after he performed a desired behavior (cleaning up) I was using positive reinforcement to get the boy to behave. After a few times of doing this, I noticed that I did not have to ask the boy to clean up, he just did it on his own, and eventually he even forgot about the swing pushing. This is just one example of how positive reinforcement can be used in order to achieve a desired outcome.