PSYB45H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 18: Physical Restraint
6 Jul 2012
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Chapter 18 positive punishment procedures and the ethics of punishment. In positive punishment, aversive events are applied contingent on the occurrence of a problem behavior, and the result is a decrease in the future probability of the behavior. Two major categories of aversive events are used in positive punishment procedures: the application of aversive activities and the application of aversive stimulation. Application of aversive activities is when an individuals is made to engage in an aversive activity (low probability behavior) contingent on the problem behavior. Contingent exercise: the client is made to engage in some form of physical exercise contingent on an instance of the problem behavior. Guided compliance is a positive punishment of the problem behavior because the aversive stimulus (physical guidance) is applied after the problem behavior, and it negatively reinforced compliance with the requested activity because the aversive stimulus is removed after compliance.
