PSYCO282 Lecture Notes - Lecture 25: Gastroparesis, Object Lifetime, Intellectual Disability
21 Mar 2016
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How can extinction be applied to reducing ___________ and aggressive behaviours? (magee & ellis, 2000) destructive. Trey, an 8-year-old boy with moderate intellectual disability and profound hearing loss; taking. Target behaviours: object ________ (putting inedible things into his mouth), object mouthing destruction (hitting, kicking, or throwing objects), and aggression (hitting, kicking, or throwing objects at others) Results: target behaviours occurred only in the attention condition. Behavioural treatment program: multiple-baseline across behaviour design, in which extinction (withdrawing social attention) was applied. Results: after extinction applied to object mouthing, object destruction and aggression. _________ increased: ultimately, all target behaviours decreased. This is an example of extinction of behaviour maintained by positive reinforcement. Extinction of behavior maintained by negative reinforcement (dawson et al. , 2003) Mary, a 3-year-old admitted to hospital due to total food refusal. She had a number of _______ issues including gastroesophageal reflux, delayed gastric medical emptying, gastrostomy tube dependence, and developmental delays.
