Social reinforcement and the naturally occurring social responses of severely and profoundly retarded adolescents.
Am J Ment Defic
; 83(2): 164-70, 1978 Sep.
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| ID: mdl-696765
ABSTRACT
This study was designed to determine if the deficits in social behavior of retarded persons might be due, in part, to the failure of their environment to maintain that behavior. Using an ABAB design, we systematically ignored severely and profoundly retarded, institutionalized adolescents and gave them social reinforcement for appropriate social behavior. Social behavior decreased during nonreinforcement conditions and increased during reinforcement conditions. The data suggest that deficits in social behavior of retarded persons may be due to failure of their environment to maintain such behavior. Implications of these findings for staff behavior and the utility of the present procedure for increasing social behavior of institutionalized retarded persons were discussed.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Reforço Social
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Comportamento Social
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Deficiência Intelectual
Aspecto:
Determinantes_sociais_saude
Limite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Child
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Female
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Am J Ment Defic
Ano de publicação:
1978
Tipo de documento:
Article