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THE MEASUREMENT AND REINFORCEMENT OF BEHAVIOR OF PSYCHOTICS1
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An attempt was made to strengthen behaviors of psychotics by applying operant reinforcement principles in a mental hospital ward. The behaviors studied were necessary and/or useful for the patient to function in the hospital environment. Reinforcement consisted of the opportunity to engage in activities that had a high level of occurrence when freely allowed. Tokens were used as conditioned reinforcers to bridge the delay between behavior and reinforcement. Emphasis was placed on objective definition and quantification of the responses and reinforcers and upon programming and recording procedures. Standardizing the objective criteria permitted ward attendants to administer the program. The procedures were found to be effective in maintaining the desired adaptive behaviors for as long as the procedures were in effect. In a series of six experiments, reinforced behaviors were considerably reduced when the reinforcement procedure was discontinued; the adaptive behaviors increased immediately when the reinforcement procedure was re‐introduced.
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- Ayllon, T., & Azrin, N. H.
- Venue
- Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 1965-11
- Volume
- 8
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 357-383
- ISSN
- 0022-5002 (ISSN-L)
- 1938-3711
- OpenAlex
- W2139473691
- Cited by
- 393
- References
- 25
- FWCI
- 23.71
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
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