PSY340H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Aversives, Statistical Power, Psychoactive Drug
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Reading 1 notes: balancing freedom from harm and right to treatment for person with developmental. Ethical and practical dilemma of helping someone exhibiting severe behavioural disorder (self-injury and aggression) to effective treatment and education, and protection from un- necessary intrusion. Most effective tech"q for teaching with dev"l disabilities: contingencies of reinforcement, shaping, and stimulus control. Taught so person can exp. higher quality of life in minimally restrictive settings. Behavioural procedures also used to eliminate maladaptive behaviour and to replace with functional behaviours. Behaviour reduction programs use positive reinforcement but also punishment. Freedom from harm : believe there is no need for punishment as positive-based. There are nonpunitive methods that are more effective: recent controversy: punishment. Without moral justification, calling for a ban of treatment that inflicts pain, discomfort, or restrictive. First claim: use of punishment unethical and unnecessary. Nonpunitive procedures premature due to current tech. Second claim: reinforcement-based reductive procedures lead to better generalization and maintenance.
