Behavior Modification Techniques. I: Overcorrection. II: Punishment.

Sonst. Personen	Sovner, Robert (Hrsg.); Hurley, Anne Des Noyers (Hrsg.)
Titel	Behavior Modification Techniques. I: Overcorrection. II: Punishment.
Quelle	In: Psychiatric Aspects of Mental Retardation Newsletter, 1 (1983) 7, (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Schlagwörter	Behavior Modification; Ethics; Mental Retardation; Program Development; Program Implementation; Punishment; Timeout + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Behaviour modification; Verhaltensänderung; Ethik; Geistige Behinderung; Programmplanung; Bestrafung
Abstract	Two newsletters review the principles and application of two behavior modification techniques with mentally retarded persons: overcorrection and punishment. Overcorrection may be either restitutional, in which the client is made to restore the environment to a far better state than before the inappropriate behavior occurred, or positive practice overcorrection, in which the child overpractices correct forms of behavior incompatible with the behavior to be eliminated. Suggestions are given for developing and implementing an overcorrection procedure, as well as for assessing the treatment's effectiveness. Clinical examples of the approach used with such maladaptive behaviors as vomiting, food stealing, and self-injurious behavior are cited. Punishment is defined and two types of aversive stimuli (primary and conditioned) are described. Characteristics of punishment are noted, and the major types of punishment programs (response cost, time-out, and primary aversive techniques such as electric shock and ammonia inhalation) are considered. Following a brief examination of examples of using primary and conditioned aversive stimuli, ethical factors and possible non-therapeutic effects are addressed. (CL)
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