How to diagram contingencies with multiple behaviors

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 repeatedly?

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: In 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 water

and 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

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 AfterSD/Deadline: Monday thru Friday t= 1 5

Inferred Theoretical Contingency

Fear of lossof $5

on SaturdayR= 1 5

No fear ofloss of $5on Saturday

Before Behavior After

Note

What’s a homogeneous response sequence?

R1 through R5 is the same response—getting out of bed.

What’s a heterogeneous response sequence?

So suppose each response is different.

Now an even more real example

where each response is different.

WRITING A PAPER –AN ANALOG TO A HETEROGENEOUS RESPONSE CHAIN

Will lose opp.to see a

movie onSaturday

Will not loseopp. to 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

Before Behavior After

R= 1 5

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

Now let’s apply this to 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

But now lets get a little more complex.

AN ANALOG TO A HETEROGENEOUS RESPONSE SEQUENCE

Before Behavior After

Will lose opp.or gumballs

Will not loseopp. for gum

ballsR= 1 3

T1=5 min. before leaving school

T2=2 seconds before leaving school

T3=Before time to start homework, (e.g. 2 hrs before bed time)

R1= Put the material in the book bag

R2=Carry book bag home

R3=Put the material on the table

SD/Deadline: T= 1 3

Inferred Theoretical Contingency

Fear of lossof opp.for gum

balls

No fear ofloss ofopp. forgum balls

R= 1 3

Before Behavior After

Link

• http://dick-malott.com/students/undergradprogram/psy4600/psy460_how_diagram_multiple.ppt

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