FRHD 3150 Chapter Notes - Chapter 30: Abusive Power And Control, Mind Control, American Psychological Association
1 Feb 2016
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In its early years, the term behavior modiicaion was mistakenly equated with such invasive procedures as shock therapy, brainwashing, and even torture. Systemaic applicaion of learning or condiioning principles and techniques are base don two assumpions: behavior can be controlled, it is desirable to do so to achieve certain objecives. Having a set of guidelines that describe ethical applicaions of behavior modiicaions is important, but resolving to treat clients in an ethical way is not enough. Coningencies of reinforcement must be arranged to make this happen, such as through counter-control: this is the reciprocal of control; it is the inluence the controlee has on the controller by virtue of access to suitable reinforces (ex. Three organizaions that have addressed ethical issue involved in the applicaion of behavior modiicaion: associaion for the advancement of behavior therapy 1977, associaion for behavioral analysis now added internaional at the end 1988, american psychological associaion 1978. Points for the ethical applicaion of behavior modiicaion techniques.
