EAB 3764 Lecture Notes - Lecture 37: Reinforcement, Contingency Management, Smoking Cessation

• School: University of Florida
• Department: Experimental Analysis of Behavior
• Course: EAB 3764
• Professor: Iwata Brian

Document Summary

Definition: excessive consumption of a chemical reinforcer that produces deleterious consequences to health or social functioning. Risks: cardiovascular disease, liver disease, cancer, overdose, etc. Implies engaging in a response to an excessive degree. Unspecified counseling: emphasis of feelings and emotions (correlates of behavior) Abstinence programs (e. g. , aa: emphasis on acknowledgement of problem behavior and its results, social support for cessation. Moderation programs (controlled consumption: emphasis on strategies to minimize problematic aspects of behavior (eo, sds) Consumption rate by alcoholics (caudill & lipscomb, 1980) Puff frequency and duration (frederickson & simon, 1978) Timed access to cigarette case (azrin & powell, 1968) Nicotine (cigarette brand) fading) (foxx & brown, 1979) Multicomponent, controlled smoking program (malott, glasgow, o"neill, & Points ($) for cocaine and marijuana abstinence (budney, higgins, delaney, kent, Selection from sr menu for benzodiazepine abstinence (stitzer, bigelow, leibson, Shock for cigarette smoking (dericco, brigham, & garlington, 1971) Shock for alcohol consumption (wilson, leaf, & nathan, 1975)