The Three Contingency Model of Performance Management Prepared by Andreja Bratinscak and Dick Malott

Upgrade this for summer 2002

P460 Evaluation 4 evaluation questions all gave the same positive results in W 2002

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

Little Al Poling Gets UP

Getting up on time Ineffective Natural Contingency S D /Deadline: In a few minutes. Will lose a few minutes of time to do homework Al gets out of bed Will not lose a few minutes of time to do homework BeforeBehavior After

Performance Management Contingency Mother will toss a pitcher of cold water on Al and stand there and laugh Al gets out of bed Mother will not toss a pitcher of cold water on Al and stand there and laugh S D /Deadline: A few minutes BeforeBehavior After

Inferred Theoretical contingency Fear of Mom tossing a pitcher of cold water and laughing Al gets out of bed No fear of mom tossing a pitcher of cold water and laughing BeforeBehavior 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 Mom tossing a pitcher of cold water and laughing Al gets out of bed No fear of mom tossing a pitcher of cold water and laughing BeforeBehavior After

Hypothetical Little Al #1 Mrs. Poling uses delayed outcome.

Same Ineffective Natural Contingency S D /Deadline: In a few minutes Will lose a few minutes of time to do homework Al gets out of bed Will not lose a few minutes of time to do homework BeforeBehavior After

Performance Management Contingency Will lose $1 on Saturday Al gets out of bed Will not lose $1 on Saturday S D /Deadline: In a few minutes. BeforeBehavior After

Inferred Theoretical Contingency Fear of loss of $1 on Saturday Al gets out of bed No fear of loss of $1 on Saturday BeforeBehavior After

Hypothetical Little Al #2 Mama Poling gets real.

Once Again, the Same Ineffective Natural Contingency S D /Deadline: In a few minutes Will lose a few minutes of time to do homework Al gets out of bed Will not lose a few minutes of time to do homework BeforeBehavior 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 gets out of bed Will not lose $5 on Saturday S D /Deadline: In 1 minute (7:01 AM Monday) BeforeBehavior 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= Will not lose opp. for $5 on Saturday S D /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 loss of $5 on Saturday R= 1 5 No fear of loss of $5 on Saturday BeforeBehavior After

What’s wrong with the $5 contingency?

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 on Saturday R= 1 5 Will not lose opp. to go see a movie on Saturday R1=M Research R2=T Writes intro R3=W Writes method section R4=TH Writes results and discussion R5=F Edit the paper BeforeBehavior After

Helping Derrick

Derrick – Ineffective Natural Contingency Derrick will have poor grades Derrick puts the materials in his book bag Derrick will probably have slightly better grades BeforeBehavior After SD/Deadline: 5 min before leaving school

Gum Ball Performance Management Contingency Will lose opp. for gum balls Derrick puts the materials in his book bag Will not lose opp. for gum balls S D /Deadline: 5 min. before leaving school BeforeBehavior After

AN ANALOG TO A HETEROGENIOUS RESPONSE SEQUENCE BeforeBehavior After Will lose opp. or gum balls R= 1 3 Will not lose opp. 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 loss of opp. for gum balls R= 1 3 No fear of loss of opp. for gum balls BeforeBehavior After

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