PSYB45H3 Chapter 13: Decreasing Behaviour with Punishment
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Ben, a 7-year-old boy diagnosed as a child with developmental delay, was in a public school program for severely disturbed children. The staff at the school noticed an increase in his frequency of hitting other children and staff members. The f(cid:396)e(cid:395)ue(cid:374)(cid:272)(cid:455) of be(cid:374)"s hits a(cid:448)e(cid:396)aged a(cid:271)out (cid:1007)(cid:1004) pe(cid:396) da(cid:455) The staff decided to examine whether making required exercise (cid:449)ould de(cid:272)(cid:396)ease be(cid:374)"s hitti(cid:374)g. The p(cid:396)og(cid:396)a(cid:373) (cid:449)as (cid:272)o(cid:374)du(cid:272)ted at be(cid:374)"s school throughout the school day with the parents permission. O(cid:374) the da(cid:455) that the e(cid:454)e(cid:396)(cid:272)ise (cid:449)as i(cid:374)t(cid:396)odu(cid:272)ed, be(cid:374)"s fi(cid:396)st hit (cid:449)as follo(cid:449)ed (cid:271)(cid:455) the (cid:374)ea(cid:396)est staff (cid:373)e(cid:373)(cid:271)e(cid:396) sa(cid:455)i(cid:374)g, (cid:862)be(cid:374), (cid:374)o hitti(cid:374)g. ta(cid:374)d up a(cid:374)d sit do(cid:449)(cid:374) (cid:1005)(cid:1004) ti(cid:373)es. (cid:863) the staff (cid:373)e(cid:373)(cid:271)e(cid:396) the(cid:374) held. Be(cid:374)"s ha(cid:374)d and lifted it over his head to prompt standing up and then pulled his upper body fo(cid:396)(cid:449)a(cid:396)d to p(cid:396)o(cid:373)pt sitti(cid:374)g do(cid:449)(cid:374), at the sa(cid:373)e ti(cid:373)e sa(cid:455)i(cid:374)g (cid:862) ta(cid:374)d up, sit do(cid:449)(cid:374)(cid:863) ea(cid:272)h ti(cid:373)e. Physical prompting was necessary only on the first few training trials.
