self management#1
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Psychology 4600Psychology 4600
Excellent StudentExcellent Student
TA: Jessica IrishTA: Jessica Irish
December 6, 2006December 6, 2006
My mom bought me the Turbo Jam My mom bought me the Turbo Jam exercise DVDs for my birthday, but exercise DVDs for my birthday, but I never got around to doing themI never got around to doing them
I decided that I wanted to put my I decided that I wanted to put my mom’s gift to good usemom’s gift to good use
I needed performance I needed performance management to kick my rear into management to kick my rear into gear gear
Unfortunately for me, there were Unfortunately for me, there were already some pretty reinforcing already some pretty reinforcing contingencies competing against contingencies competing against my working outmy working out
Such Contingencies Such Contingencies are:are:
•Watching TVWatching TV•SleepingSleeping•SocializingSocializing•Browsing the Browsing the InternetInternet
I have lessFree time
I have a givenAmount of Free time
I do my TurboJam exercise
video
BEFORE AFTERBEHAVIOR
Target behavior: Exercising using Turbo Jam at Target behavior: Exercising using Turbo Jam at
least 3 times a weekleast 3 times a week
Intervention: Pay $2.00 for each missed instance Intervention: Pay $2.00 for each missed instance
of Turbo Jamof Turbo Jam
– Contingencies: Avoidance of Loss (of $2.00)Contingencies: Avoidance of Loss (of $2.00)
Deadline (SDeadline (SDD): Sundays by 9:00 pm): Sundays by 9:00 pm
PM manager: My mom, Lisa Gutekunst PM manager: My mom, Lisa Gutekunst
Start Date: September 18, 2006Start Date: September 18, 2006
End Date: December 10, 2006End Date: December 10, 2006
I have a Slightly
Higher levelOf health
I have a Given level
Of health
I do my Turbo JamExercise
video
BEFORE AFTERBEHAVIOR
I do not haveTo pay my Mom $2.00
I must pay My mom
$2.00
I do myTurbo JamExercise
video
BEFORE AFTERBEHAVIOR
I do not fearThe loss of
$2.00
I fear the Loss of$2.00
I do myTurbo JamExercise
Video
BEFORE AFTERBEHAVIOR
Times I Turbo Jammed!
0
1
2
3
4
5
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Weeks
Cum
. Be
havi
or (
Turb
o Ja
m
Inst
ance
s)
Baseline Intervention New Performance Manager
Goal Line
Starting Date: 9-18-06
Week Number of Missed Instances
Weekly Cost
Cumulative Cost
1 (baseline) -----
2 (baseline) -----
3 1 $2.00
4 2 $4.00 $6.00
5 1 $2.00 $8.00
6 0 $0.00 $8.00
7 2 $4.00 $12.00
8 0 $0.00 $12.00
9 1 $2.00 $14.00
10 0 $0.00 $14.00
11 0 $0.00 $14.00
Totals:
7 $14.00
A problem arose 3 weeks into the A problem arose 3 weeks into the intervention. intervention.
I discovered that my roommate I discovered that my roommate
was being a shady performance was being a shady performance
manager and was more interested manager and was more interested
in what she would gain from my in what she would gain from my
failure than she was in my successfailure than she was in my success
Since my roommate was an evil Since my roommate was an evil
performance manager, I decided performance manager, I decided
to change my manager to none to change my manager to none
other than my mommy other than my mommy
I missed 7 days of Turbo Jam, so my I missed 7 days of Turbo Jam, so my intervention was not entirely intervention was not entirely successfulsuccessful
However, my frequency of working However, my frequency of working out increased significantly from my out increased significantly from my previous instances of “never”previous instances of “never”
Therefore, I consider this Therefore, I consider this Performance Management a Performance Management a success!success!
Coming into this class I thought Coming into this class I thought “ohhh geez… what have I gotten “ohhh geez… what have I gotten myself into?” and didn’t think I’d get myself into?” and didn’t think I’d get very far with my PM projectvery far with my PM project
To my surprise, the PM project was To my surprise, the PM project was actually exciting and very beneficial!actually exciting and very beneficial!
I hope that I will continue to I hope that I will continue to implement Performance Management implement Performance Management in other areas of my life!in other areas of my life!
Any Questions or
Comments?