The Three Contingency Model of

Performance Management

Prepared by

Andreja Bratinscak

and

Dick Malott

The Problem

• How do we diagram PM contingencies, when you want the behavior to occur

Little Al Poling Gets UP

Getting up on timeIneffective Natural Contingency

SD/Deadline: In a few minutes.

Will lose a few

minutes of time to dohomework

Al gets out of bed

Will notlose a fewminutes of time to dohomework

Before Behavior After

Performance Management Contingency

Mother willtoss a

pitcher ofcold wateron Al andstand thereand laugh

Al gets outof bed

Mother will not toss a pitcher of cold water on Al and stand thereand laugh

SD/Deadline: A few minutesBefore Behavior After

Inferred Theoretical contingency

Fear of Momtossing a

pitcher of cold water

and laughing

Al gets outof bed

No fear ofmom tossinga pitcher ofcold waterand laughing

Before Behavior After

The PM contingency, is really direct acting

But we still need the inferred theoretical contingency

Because the PM contingency is an avoidance contingency.

Inferred Theoretical contingency

Fear of Momtossing a

pitcher of cold water

and laughing

Al gets outof bed

No fear ofmom tossinga pitcher ofcold waterand laughing

Before Behavior After

Hypothetical Little Al #1

Mrs. Poling uses delayed outcome.

SameIneffective Natural Contingency

SD/Deadline: In a few minutes

Will lose a few

minutes of time to dohomework

Al gets out of bed

Will notlose a fewminutes of time to dohomework

Before Behavior After

Performance Management Contingency

Will lose$1 on

Saturday

Al gets outof bed

Will not lose $1

on Saturday

SD/Deadline: In a few minutes.Before Behavior After

Inferred Theoretical Contingency

Fear of lossof $1on

Saturday

Al gets outof bed

No fear ofloss of $1

on Saturday

Before Behavior After

Hypothetical Little Al #2

Mama Poling gets real.

Once Again, the SameIneffective Natural Contingency

SD/Deadline: In a few minutes

Will lose a few

minutes of time to dohomework

Al gets out of bed

Will notlose a fewminutes of time to dohomework

Before Behavior After

Hypothetical Little Al #2

Mrs. Poling uses delayed outcome over Little Al’s entire school week.

Performance Management Contingency for Monday

Will lose $5 on

Saturday

Al getsout of bed

Will notlose $5 onSaturday

SD/Deadline: In 1 minute (7:01 AM Monday)Before Behavior After

Hypothetical Little Al #2

Mrs. Poling uses delayed outcome over Little Al’s entire school week.

That’s cool for Monday,

but what about the rest of the days?

We might do a separate diagram for each day,

but here’s a slightly cooler way.

Will lose opp. for $5 on

Saturday

R= 1 - 5

Will notlose opp.for $5 onSaturday

SD/Deadline: t= 1 5

T1= Monday 7:01 am

T2=Tuesday 7:01 am

T3=Wednesday 7:01 am

T4=Thursday 7:01 am

T5=Friday 7:01 am

R1=Get out of bed

R2=Get out of bed

R3=Get out of bed

R4=Get out of bed

R5=Get out of bed

ANALOG TO HOMOGENIOUS RESPONSE SEQUENCE

Before

Behavior After

Inferred Theoretical Contingency

Fear of lossof $5

on SaturdayR= 1 5

No fear ofloss of $5on Saturday

Before Behavior After

Now and even more real example

WRITING A PAPER -ANALOG TO HETEROGENIOUS RESPONSE CHAIN

SD/Deadline: 9 PM Monday thru Friday/ T=1 5

Will lose opp.to go see a movie onSaturday

R= 1 5

Will not loseopp. to gosee a movieon Saturday

R1=M Research

R2=T Writes intro

R3=W Writes method section

R4=TH Writes results and discussion

R5=F Edit the paper

Before Behavior After

Helping Derrick

Derrick – Ineffective Natural Contingency

Derrick will have

poor grades

Derrick putsthe

materialsin his book

bag

Derrick willprobably

haveslightly bettergrades

Before Behavior AfterSD/Deadline: 5 min before leaving school

Gum Ball Performance Management Contingency

Will lose opp.for gum

balls

Derrick putsthe materials inhis book bag

Will notlose opp.for gumballs

SD/Deadline: 5 min. before leaving school

Before Behavior After

AN ANALOG TO A HETEROGENIOUS RESPONSE SEQUENCE

Before Behavior After

Will lose opp.or gumballs

R= 1 3Will not loseopp. for gum

balls

SD/Deadline: T= 1 3

T1=5 min. before leaving school

T2=2 seconds before time to leave

T3=Before time to start homewok, e.g. 2 hrs before bed

R1= Put the material in the book bag

R2=Carry book bag home

R3=Put the material on the table

Gum Ball Inferred Theoretical Contingency

Fear of lossof opp.for gum

balls

R= 1 3

No fear ofloss ofopp. forgum balls

Before Behavior After

Questions or Comments?