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Behavior Modification of an Adjustment Class: A Token Reinforcement Program.

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O'Leary, K. Daniel; Becker, Wesley C. – Exceptional Children, 1967

A base rate of deviant behavior was obtained for the eight most disruptive children in a third grade adjustment class. In a token reinforcement program, the children received teacher's ratings, which were exchangeable for reinforcers such as candy and trinkets. With the introduction of the token reinforcement program, an abrupt reduction in…

Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Change, Behavioral Science Research, Classroom Research

GROUP PLAY THERAPY AND TANGIBLE REINFORCERS USED TO MODIFY THE BEHAVIOR OF EIGHT-YEAR-OLD BOYS.

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CLEMENT, PAUL W.; MILNE, D.C.

THE PRESENT STUDY WAS DESIGNED TO DETERMINE WITHIN GROUP PLAY THERAPY--(1) THE COMBINATION OF EXPERIENCES WHICH PRODUCE THE GREATEST CHANGE IN BEHAVIORS AND THE EMOTIONAL STATE, AND (2) WHETHER TREATMENT INCLUDING TANGIBLE REWARDS PRODUCE MORE CHANGE THAN TREATMENT EXCLUDING THEM. THE 11 THIRD-GRADE BOYS REFERRED BY TEACHERS BECAUSE OF THEIR SHY,…

Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Anxiety, Behavior Change, Behavioral Science Research