1. Why does help in the form of contingency contracts work? Please illustrate each component of your answer with an example. 

2. Apply the three-contingency model to dissertation completion. 

3. What kind of outcomes should be used in contingency contracts designed to increase or maintain behavior? 

4. Would you like to be real cool? Well, let’s see: You probably are or will be struggling to write up your doctoral dissertation, your master’s thesis, your bachelor’s thesis, your term paper, or a letter home. So why don’t you set up a little contingency contract to give yourself that needed kick? 

*If Sid does not write this paragraph he will definitely lose the $20. But if he does write it, he’s still in the running, though he has a few more paragraphs to write before he’s home free.