PSYC 4050 Chapter 7: behaviour modification chapter 7
16 Dec 2011
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1 y deceleration behaviour therapy y differential reinforcement: indirectly decelerating undesirable behaviours: differential reinforcement -preferable to decelerate by reinforcing an acceleration target behaviour. 4 major types of differential; in order of most to least effective: 1. the best form, by reinforcing acceleration targets that are incompatible. acceleration and decal targets cant occur simultaneously. more challenging than devising competing acceleration behaviours: 2. engaging in a competing acceleration target reduces, but doesn t eliminate. I. e. jogging vs. snacking; still possible to jog n snack: 3. If a target is seriously maladaptive it may be necessary to reinforce any other behaviour to decrease the maladaptive quickly. primarily for high frequency behaviours that are dangerous]occasionally used to reduce less severe maladaptives such as preschoolers noncompliance, nervous habits, geriatric wandering: 4. can be reinforced by doing the maladaptive just less so: variants of differential reinforcement: (problem behaviours)
