Yin Yin has been in 4 bike accidents and does not wear a bike helmet. Wearing a helmet is important for safety. The document suggests ways for Yin Yin to form a habit of helmet wearing, such as starting small by only wearing a helmet for her first bike ride of the day. Leaving the helmet by the bike each time serves as a trigger to help develop the habit. Establishing the habit with a friend's support can also help reinforce the new behavior.
10. Helmet Wearing HabitQuestion: How can she effectively form a blue, span behavior?Start Small: Wear helmet to first class of the daySocial Commitment: Ask a friend to wear a helmetTrigger: leave the helmet by the bike. Everytime she gets on the bike she sees the helmet. (No one steals helmets.)
11. OutcomesWhat workedLeaving the helmet by the bike insured that she could always find the helmetEstablishing a habit with a friend reinforced habit creationStarting small. In committing to wearing the helmet only once a day, she allowed herself lapses in helmet wearing.
12. Next stepsBuy a cooler helmet- Social deviance did play a small role in the motivation to wear a helmetBike less- the helmet was uncomfortable and poor fitting, and thus required a physical effort to secure