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Cipani, Ennio; Thomas, Melvin; Martin, Daniel – Behavior Analyst Today, 2007
This paper will examine possible extinction properties of behavior-specific manual restraint. It will analyze the possibility of extinction being produced via restraint with respect to the target behavior's possible environmental functions. The theoretical analysis will involve the analysis of behavioral properties of restraint during two temporal…
Descriptors: Self Control, Behavior Modification, Self Destructive Behavior, Outcomes of Treatment
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Bellack, Alan S.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1976
Self-reinforcement through positive or aversive covert imagery was studied in obesity treatment. Subjects were randomly assigned to no-imagery, self-punishment followed by self-reward, and self-reward followed by self-punishment conditions. Neither order nor kind of reinforcement made any difference. Both reinforcement groups were superior to…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Contingency Management, Imagery, Negative Reinforcement
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Marcus, Bethany A.; Vollmer, Timothy R. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1995
The effects on compliance of two types of differential negative reinforcement (DNR) were studied with a five-year-old girl with moderate mental retardation and a history of severe disruption. Escape from instructional trials was either contingent on a communicative behavior or compliance. Behaviors improved with both interventions, but compliance…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Classroom Techniques, Compliance (Psychology)