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SELF-MANAGEMENT
Psychology 6710Excellent StudentAug. 8th, 2008
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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.
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INEFFECTIVE NATURAL CONTINGENCY
Have infinitesimally
better gum health
Have a given level of
gum health
Floss teeth
BEFORE AFTERBEHAVIOR
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COMPETING CONTINGENCIES
Not only does flossing on any given day only infinitesimally improve my gum health it hurts and causes my gums to bleed
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NATURAL COMPETING CONTINGENCY
Gums are in pain
Gums are not in pain
Floss teeth
BEFORE AFTERBEHAVIOR
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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
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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
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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
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TARGET BEHAVIOR GRAPHBaseline Intervention
Weeks
Num
ber
of
tim
es
floss
ed
Goal line
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BENEFIT MEASURE GRAPH
Baseline Intervention
Weeks
# o
f D
ays
that
gum
s b
leed
Goal line
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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
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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
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MY RESULTS
The intervention was a success. I averaged close to 0 days per week during
baseline The intervention average was 96%
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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
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THANK YOU!!
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