G20 Use Self-Management Strategies

Question 1

You want to decrease smoking. Which might be a viable punitive self-management intervention component if other elements of self-management are in place?

Answer 1

After having a cigarette, tell yourself that if you keep smoking you will probably die a painful, cancerous death.
Upon thinking about smoking, you look at pictures of lungs blackened by tar.
You develop and implement a plan that includes self-recording and self-administered consequences.
Using DRL…
Upon smoking, you write a check for $10 and send it to an organization you oppose.
When you smoke a cigarette, you snap a rubber band on your wrist with each puff.

Question 2

You want to decrease smoking. Which might be a viable self-management intervention component if other elements of self-management are in place?

Answer 2

You develop a plan that includes self-administered consequences

Question 3

You want to increase your study time. Which may be a viable strategy?

Answer 3

Set goals for yourself and determine specific rewards for achieving those goals.
Record the time you spend studying and plot your progress on a graph.

Question 4

Punitive consequences in a self management program should

Answer 4

Be mild