1. Breakfast: the most
important meal of the day
Malwina Pomichowska
PSY 4600
Megan G.
12/7/11

2. ProblemBreakfast of Champions:
My breakfast before
the self-management
project.

3. The Problem
Headache by noon Grumpy Malwina
Loud stomach People staring
growling
Buy junk food from
Wasted $ and calories
vending machines
Eat A LOT when
Sleepy
come back home

4. Competing Contingency
• Because I don’t like breakfast bars I have to
make a legitimate breakfast, which takes time
• More time spent on cooking = less sleep or
being late for class
• I didn’t want to give up either so I didn’t eat
breakfast

5. Natural Competing Contingency
I eat
breakfast one
morning
I will make it I won’t make
to class on it to class on
time time

6. Intervention
• Target Behavior: eat breakfast every morning
(Monday – Friday)
• Intervention: pay $2 for every morning
breakfast wasn’t consumed
• Deadline (Sᵈ): before leaving home
• Manager: roommate Ann
• Start Date: 9/17/11
• End: NEVER

7. Ineffective Natural Contingency
I eat
breakfast
one
morning
Given Inf. Better
level of level of
health health

8. Performance Management
Contingency
I eat breakfast
one morning
I will lose $2 I won’t lose $2
at the end of at the end of
the day the day

9. Inferred Theoretical
Contingency
Fear loss of
$2 at end of
the day
I eat
breakfast
one
morning
I do not fear
loss of $2 at
end of the
day

10. My Favorite: EGGS

12. Graph
7
6
Baseline Intervention
5 Goal
Breakfast Consumption (M-F)
4
3
2
1
0
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Weeks

13. Problems During Intervention
• I had to make sure the fridge is
stocked with breakfast food
…or at least eggs.
• More $$$ spent on food
…until I got a Bridge Card :D

14. Recycle
• Consequence change after the 1st week of the
intervention
– At 1st it was loss of phone for 7 hours
– Changed to: pay $2 for each day breakfast wasn’t
consumed

15. My Results
• No noon headches
• Can concentrate on school work
• Don’t sleep in class
• Don’t have to buy junk food from vending
machines
• Drink less caffeine because I already have
more energy

16. My Comments
• Happy with the results
• Thinking about adding
Saturdays and Sundays
into the mix

17. THANKS!
Questions or Comments?