PSYCO282 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Reinforcement
8 Dec 2017
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Is extinction safe to use: consider the schedule of reinforcement for the problem behavior, reinforce alternative behaviors, promote generalization and maintenance. Collecting data to a ssess treatment effects: you must record the problem behavior before and after the use of the extinction procedure to determine whether the behavior decreased when extinction was implemented. If you are going to use an extinction procedure (or any other b-mod procedure) you must collect data on the problem behavior to document the change in behavior after the use of the procedure. Identifying the reinforcer for the probl em behavior through functional. Elimi n a t in g t he r ei n for c er a ft er ea c h i n st a n c e of t he prob le m b eha vi or. If (cid:455)ou do(cid:374)"t ide(cid:374)tif(cid:455) the rei(cid:374)forcer, (cid:455)ou ca(cid:374)(cid:374)ot use extinction. This variation of extinction is called escape extinction.
