PSYB45H3 Lecture : Chapter 14 txtbook notes
19 Apr 2011
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use of extinction to eliminate a problem behaviour after identify reinforce that maintain it, eliminate it a behaviour no longer reinforced decrease in frequency & stops. Consequences staff provides attention treatment: was training staff not provide attention when willy acts out. In conjunction w/ that instructed the staff to praise when willy start to engage in behaviour requested problem behaviour will decrease & co-operative behaviour will increase. his refusal to do task decrease over time once extinction was implemented & only refused once in while most often, he completed the task. Identifying the reinforcer for the problem behaviour through functional. can identify antecedent & consequences of the problem behaviour must identify specific reinforcer for that behaviour & eliminate it. same problem behaviour exhibited by different people may be maintained by different reinforce e. g. aggression for one is reinforced by attention & for another it is getting toys back from siblings.
