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SELF-MANAGEMENT
Psychology 6710Excellent StudentAug. 8th, 2008
PROBLEM
I need to be flossing every day to make sure that I don’t get cavities from all the sugar I eat.
The problem is that daily flossing only has a small but cumulative outcome.
I can miss anyone day and there will be no serious outcome.
INEFFECTIVE NATURAL CONTINGENCY
Have infinitesimally
better gum health
Have a given level of
gum health
Floss teeth
BEFORE AFTERBEHAVIOR
COMPETING CONTINGENCIES
Not only does flossing on any given day only infinitesimally improve my gum health it hurts and causes my gums to bleed
NATURAL COMPETING CONTINGENCY
Gums are in pain
Gums are not in pain
Floss teeth
BEFORE AFTERBEHAVIOR
THE SM INTERVENTION
Target behavior: Floss teeth
Contingencies: Flossing avoids the loss
of IPod
Deadline (SD): Before the end of each
day
PM manager: Matt
Start Date: June 9th, 2008
End Date: Current
MA TT
PERFORMANCE-MANAGEMENT CONTINGENCY
Will not loseIPod for a
day atnext class
Will lose IPod for a
day atnext class
Floss teeth
BEFORE AFTERBEHAVIOR
SD (Deadline): Before Bed every night
INFERRED THEORETICAL CONTINGENCY
No fear loss Of IPod for a day at theNext class
Fear loss of IPod for a day at the next class
Floss Teeth
BEFORE AFTERBEHAVIOR
TARGET BEHAVIOR GRAPHBaseline Intervention
Weeks
Num
ber
of
tim
es
floss
ed
Goal line
BENEFIT MEASURE GRAPH
Baseline Intervention
Weeks
# o
f D
ays
that
gum
s b
leed
Goal line
PROBLEMS DURING INTERVENTION
Problem 1: After I moved out of my apartment I
misplaced my floss I missed two days
Problem 2: Also after the move I no longer walked to class Now I don’t use my IPod very often It lost some of it’s reinforcing value
RECYCLE
The bigger of the two problems seemed to be
not having the floss that I need
The solution: a contingency on buying new
floss will be added
Deadline: end of the same day that I run out
or misplace my floss
If I don’t buy a new container of floss by the
deadline I will have to pay my performance
manager $5
MY RESULTS
The intervention was a success. I averaged close to 0 days per week during
baseline The intervention average was 96%
MY COMMENTS The project was very beneficial I don’t think that I would have kept up with the
flossing otherwise I plan to continue with the performance
management contingency throughout the fall Hopefully it will be just as effective as it has
been
THANK YOU!!
Any Questions or
Comments?