On the establishing and reinforcing effects of termination of demands for destructive behavior maintained by positive and negative reinforcement.
Res Dev Disabil
; 19(5): 395-407, 1998.
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ABSTRACT
The results of functional analyses suggested that the destructive behavior of two individuals was sensitive to escape and attention as reinforcement. In an instructional context, we evaluated the effects of reinforcing compliance with functional reinforcers when destructive behavior produced a break. For one participant we also evaluated the effects of reinforcing compliance with functional reinforcers when destructive behavior produced no differential consequence (escape extinction). We hypothesized that destructive behavior failed to decrease in an instructional context when compliance resulted in a break because presentation of a break evoked attention-maintained destructive behavior. The results of a reinforcer assessment supported this hypothesis by demonstrating that demands functioned as positive reinforcement when no alternative activities were available. These results are discussed in terms of the importance of establishing operations in determining the appetitive or aversive properties of stimuli when destructive behavior is multiply controlled.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Reforço Psicológico
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Atenção
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Terapia Comportamental
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Comportamento Autodestrutivo
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Agressão
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Reação de Fuga
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Deficiência Intelectual
Limite:
Child
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Child, preschool
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Res Dev Disabil
Assunto da revista:
TRANSTORNOS MENTAIS
Ano de publicação:
1998
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos