1) The document describes a self-management intervention to increase the author's daily flossing behavior. 2) As baseline, the author only flossed once but flossed daily after starting the intervention where they would pay their roommate $1 for each day missed. 3) The intervention was successful, with the author establishing flossing as a nightly routine and not missing a single day during the study period.

1. Got Floss? Psychology 671 Katie Beckstrom Dr. Malott 8/11/11

4. Natural Competing Contingency Will get slightly less sleep Will get given amount of sleep I floss my teeth BEFORE AFTER BEHAVIOR

5. The natural contingency did not control my behavior. Surprise, surprise! PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT! So the natural solution is to use… B (Behaviorman)

7. Ineffective Natural Contingency Infinitesi- mally greater level of gum health Given level of gum health I floss my teeth BEFORE AFTER BEHAVIOR

8. Performance-Management Contingency Will not have to pay Kim $1 tomorrow Will have to pay Kim $1 tomorrow I floss my teeth BEFORE AFTER BEHAVIOR

9. Inferred Theoretical Contingency Don’t fear having to pay Kim $1 tomorrow Fear having to pay Kim $1 tomorrow I floss my teeth BEFORE AFTER BEHAVIOR

10. This kid’s got the right idea. Usually with self management, you show proof you’ve completed the task… But Kim didn’t think that was necessary.

11. So how did it go? I only flossed once during baseline. But since I started the intervention, I haven’t missed a single day!

12. Target Behavior Graph Baseline Self-Management Goal

13. Benefit Measure I didn’t record a benefit measure, but my theory is that with less gunk in my teeth, I’ll probably have better breath! As long as I stick to minty floss.

18. THANK YOU!! Any Questions or Comments?