PSYB45H3 Lecture Notes - Family Therapy, Bulgarian Lev, Contract

• School: UTSC
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYB45H3
• Professor: Zachariah Campbell

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Chapter 23: behavioural contracts: used to apply reinforcement and punishment contingencies to help people manage their own behaviour, type of antecedent manipulation, also called a contingency contract or a performance contract. It is a written agreement between 2 parties in which one or both parties agree to engage in a specified level of a target behaviour or behaviours. one person seeks to change a target behaviour and arranges reinforcement or punishment contingencies with a contract manager, who implements the contingencies. used when the person wants to increase desirable behaviours or to decrease undesirable behaviours. contract manager may be a psychologist, counsellor, other helping professional. the contract manager must not stand gain from the contingencies: two-party contracts or bilateral contract. both parties identify target behaviours for change and the contingencies that will be implemented for the target behaviours. www. notesolution. com.