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Contingency-Diagramming Checklist
A. Whose behavior are you analyzing?                    _________________________
1. BEHAVER TEST
Is the person or animal listed in all three cells of the diagram the person or animal whose behavior you
are analyzing? If not, redo the example.



               Before                                    Behavior                                   After
     A. ______________                           A. ______________                         A. ______________

     D. ______________                           B. ______________                         C. ______________



D. What is the condition                    B. What is the behavior                    C. What is the outcome that
before the response?                        being analyzed or                          follows the response?
                                            diagrammed?
10. RELATED OUTCOMES TEST                                                              6. STIMULUS TEST
Is the before condition related to          2. DEAD MAN TEST                           Is the before & after a stimulus,
the after condition? (Often the             Can a dead man do it? If he can, then      event or condition and not a
relationship is one of opposites) If not,   you haven’t properly specified the         behavior of the behaver? If it’s not a
change one or both of the conditions.       behavior. So roll over the dead man.       stimulus then change your condition.
                                                                                       (Hint: If the before or after is another
                                            3. ACTION TEST                             behavior of the behaver, you probably
  Use this checklist for every              Does the behavior involve an               don’t have a correct condition.
contingency diagram you do and              action? (Hint: Learning, receiving,        Exceptions: self-reinforcement, seeing,
you’ll save yourself some headaches         being, hearing, seeing, and feeling are    hearing, or the opportunity for activity.
and impress your TA during                  not behavior). If not, then change the     7. CAUSALITY TEST
transparency time.                          behavior.
                                                                                       Is the outcome caused by the
  Simply place the answer to each of
                                            4. SPECIFIC-BEHAVIOR TEST                  response? If not, change the outcome.
the 10 questions for the
corresponding blank in the                  Is it perfectly clear exactly what
                                            action is involved in the behavior?        8. 60” TEST
contingency diagram above it.
  Turn the checklist over to                If not, then reword the behavior.          Does the outcome follow the
determine which type of contingency                                                    response by more than 60 seconds?
                                            5. REINFORCEABLE RESPONSE-                 If so, find an immediate outcome.
you have.
                                            UNIT TEST
   In learning these criteria for a
                                            Are there any interruptions of             9. RECEIVER TEST
test, you need only know each name
and sentence that’s bold.                   greater than 60 seconds during the         Is the behaver the receiver of the
                                            response? If there are, then the           outcome (after condition)? If not,
                                            behavior is not a response-unit. Rewrite   rework the example. Hint: Make sure
                                            the behavior.                              the diagram passes the behaver test first
What type of contingency is it?

Now that you have diagrammed the contingency according to the previous
criteria, it is time to determine what type of contingency you have. Use the
following table to ensure correct identification of your contingency diagram.

                        Contingency Table
                    Basic Contingencies             Prevention Contingencies
                   Present       Remove               Prevent      Prevent
                                                    Presentation  Removal
 Reinforcer     Reinforcement      Punishment by    Punishment by      Reinforcement
                     by the        the removal of   the prevention          by the
                presentation of      a reinforcer   of a reinforcer     prevention of
                  a reinforcer        (Penalty)                        the removal of
                (reinforcement)                                          a reinforcer
                                                                        (Avoidance)
 Aversive        Punishment by     Reinforcement     Reinforcement     Punishment by
 Condition      the presentation   by the removal        by the        the prevention
                 of an aversive    of an aversive    prevention of     of the removal
                    condition        condition      the presentation   of an aversive
                  (Punishment)        (Escape)       of an aversive       condition
                                                       condition
                                                      (Avoidance)


If the before and after conditions are the same (i.e., no stimulus is presented
or removed) then your diagram is extinction. Note that although extinction is
not technically a contingency, this Contingency-Diagramming Checklist can
also be used to determine extinction diagrams.

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Contingency Diagraming Checklist

  • 1. Contingency-Diagramming Checklist A. Whose behavior are you analyzing? _________________________ 1. BEHAVER TEST Is the person or animal listed in all three cells of the diagram the person or animal whose behavior you are analyzing? If not, redo the example. Before Behavior After A. ______________ A. ______________ A. ______________ D. ______________ B. ______________ C. ______________ D. What is the condition B. What is the behavior C. What is the outcome that before the response? being analyzed or follows the response? diagrammed? 10. RELATED OUTCOMES TEST 6. STIMULUS TEST Is the before condition related to 2. DEAD MAN TEST Is the before & after a stimulus, the after condition? (Often the Can a dead man do it? If he can, then event or condition and not a relationship is one of opposites) If not, you haven’t properly specified the behavior of the behaver? If it’s not a change one or both of the conditions. behavior. So roll over the dead man. stimulus then change your condition. (Hint: If the before or after is another 3. ACTION TEST behavior of the behaver, you probably Use this checklist for every Does the behavior involve an don’t have a correct condition. contingency diagram you do and action? (Hint: Learning, receiving, Exceptions: self-reinforcement, seeing, you’ll save yourself some headaches being, hearing, seeing, and feeling are hearing, or the opportunity for activity. and impress your TA during not behavior). If not, then change the 7. CAUSALITY TEST transparency time. behavior. Is the outcome caused by the Simply place the answer to each of 4. SPECIFIC-BEHAVIOR TEST response? If not, change the outcome. the 10 questions for the corresponding blank in the Is it perfectly clear exactly what action is involved in the behavior? 8. 60” TEST contingency diagram above it. Turn the checklist over to If not, then reword the behavior. Does the outcome follow the determine which type of contingency response by more than 60 seconds? 5. REINFORCEABLE RESPONSE- If so, find an immediate outcome. you have. UNIT TEST In learning these criteria for a Are there any interruptions of 9. RECEIVER TEST test, you need only know each name and sentence that’s bold. greater than 60 seconds during the Is the behaver the receiver of the response? If there are, then the outcome (after condition)? If not, behavior is not a response-unit. Rewrite rework the example. Hint: Make sure the behavior. the diagram passes the behaver test first
  • 2. What type of contingency is it? Now that you have diagrammed the contingency according to the previous criteria, it is time to determine what type of contingency you have. Use the following table to ensure correct identification of your contingency diagram. Contingency Table Basic Contingencies Prevention Contingencies Present Remove Prevent Prevent Presentation Removal Reinforcer Reinforcement Punishment by Punishment by Reinforcement by the the removal of the prevention by the presentation of a reinforcer of a reinforcer prevention of a reinforcer (Penalty) the removal of (reinforcement) a reinforcer (Avoidance) Aversive Punishment by Reinforcement Reinforcement Punishment by Condition the presentation by the removal by the the prevention of an aversive of an aversive prevention of of the removal condition condition the presentation of an aversive (Punishment) (Escape) of an aversive condition condition (Avoidance) If the before and after conditions are the same (i.e., no stimulus is presented or removed) then your diagram is extinction. Note that although extinction is not technically a contingency, this Contingency-Diagramming Checklist can also be used to determine extinction diagrams.