EAB 3764 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Activities Of Daily Living, Procedural Control, Toilet Training
9 Jan 2017
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Definition: deficit in (a) intellection functioning and (b) adaptive behavior manifested (c) prior to the age of 22 yrs. Biological: genetics, nutrition, infection, toxins, traumatic brain injury. Environmental: deprivation, response restriction, lack of training. Levels of functioning: mild, moderate, severe, profound. Note: intelligence as a hypothetical construct (characteristic inferred from test results) Response acquisition slow, allows for good procedural control. Provides test for full range of operant procedures. Basic learning processes: reinforcement, punishment, imitation, shaping & chaining, discrimination, generalization. Adaptive behavior: daily living skills, language, leisure, educational, vocational, community living. A rapid method for toilet training the institutionalized retarded . Illustration of a comprehensive approach to treatment (package of procedure) Participants: n=9, profound mr, m = 43 yoa, m = 21 yrs hospitalized (adults) Dv: # accidents (hourly initially, then 2. 5 hr intervals) Electronic apparatus in pants and toilet to detect responding.
