PSYB45H3 Chapter 18: Behaviour Modficiation - Chapter 18 Book Notes
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Chapter 18 positive punishment procedures & the ethics of. Punishment: positive punishment: aversive events are applied contingent on the occurrence of a problem behaviour, resulting in a decrease in the future probability of the behaviour, the two major categories are: aversive activities & aversive stimulation. when her dad found out, her made her clean up the drawings + another wall as well. physical guidance in a non-compliance situation is an aversive event. compliance is negatively reinforced, because the withdrawal of the physical guidance is contingent on the occurrence of the requested activity. If the problem behaviour is negatively reinforced by escape, the guided compliance procedure removes the reinforcer (escape: thus, involves extinction, positive punishment & negative reinforcement. guidance compliance + time-out are equally effective in decreasing non- compliance in children: physical restraint: the change agent holds immobile the part of the client"s body that is involved in the behaviour.
