PSYB45H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Pethidine, Reinforcement, Electroconvulsive Therapy
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Chapter 6 decreasing a behavior with operant extinction. Over years receiving parental, social and professional attention. Allowed her to stay home from school consequences reinforced her problems. At 26 experience debilitation headaches almost everyday: visual effects, throbbing pain over temples, nausea, occasional vomiting. Treatments unsuccessful - medication, acupuncture, chiropractic, psychotherapy, and electroconvulsive shock: demerol injections received from physician three times / week = temporary relief, medical examinations no organic basis. Extensive assessment by behavior therapist dr. peter aubuchon: migraines might be due to being reinforced -> behavioral treatment program, base- line assessment - physician no longer provide demerol. Husband - record her pain behaviors -> identified as complaints, going to bed, and putting cold compresses on her head. During 2 weeks of baseline assessment -> pain behaviors averaged eight per day: during treatment - louise"s parents, husband, physician, and nurses at the clinic -> completely ignore all pain behaviors she exhibited. Same individuals provided praise and other reinforcers for.
