Token economy programmes (TEP’s) are mostly used in prisons and community-based projects to encourage pro-social behaviour‚ but in some cases they are used in treating eating disorders. Based on the principles of operant conditioning‚ they involve imposing a system of rewards that can be gained if a desired behaviour is performed. The programme enables staff to shape and modify a patients behaviour to what society redeems as appropriate and safe. The management draws up a list of appropriate behaviours
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Activity 3.7 Case Study 3.1 Empowering Single Moms. The theory which underpins this case study is Behaviourism. According to (Santrock‚ 2005‚ p.55)‚ behaviourism emphasizes the scientific study of observable behaviour and their environment determinants. It is therefore‚ built around the work of Ivan Pavlov and B.F Skinner who claim that all behaviours are acquired through conditioning. Our behaviour is shaped through environmental stimuli‚ hence conditioning occurs. However‚ four reasons for
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Question 2 Behavioural therapy focuses on human behaviour and is an action-based therapy that looks to eliminate unwanted or maladaptive behaviour. The goal is to help the individual learn new‚ positive behaviours which will minimise or eliminate the issue as it is believed that behaviour can be both learned and un-learned. (McLeod‚ 2010). The traditional behavioural therapy draws on two key principles‚ classical and operant conditioning paradigms of learnings and works best for mental health
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Rendering The title of the article is “The child’s misbehaviour”. The article touches upon the problem of children’s misbehavior. The main idea of the article is the importance of the discipline in child’s upbringing. To my mind the purpose of the article is to provide some information about discipline as the guidance of the right behaviour. The author reports that the discipline is the very broad concept. This term comes from the Greek word‚ which means “to teach”. The author discusses the problem
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This Piece of work will discuss behavioural techniques such as flooding‚ systematic desensitisation‚ aversion therapy‚ behaviour shaping and token economy. Behaviourists believe that behaviour is learnt and therefore can be unlearnt (Gross‚ 1996). Behaviourism is mainly concerned with observable behaviour‚ as opposed to inner events like thinking and emotions (Mcleod‚ 2007). Behavioural therapists focused on using the same learning approaches that led to the development of the undesirable behaviours
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Token economy programmes are a form of behaviour modification based on the principles of operant conditioning. They are used in prisons to encourage the reduction of anti-social behaviour and criminal behaviour; they involve awarding tokens to offenders if a desired behaviour is performed. The tokens may then be exchanged for various rewards. The aim is for the desired behaviour to be repeated. As a treatment it involves setting out a range of desirable behaviours and reinforcing the offender whenever
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Maria target behavior is she suffers extreme fear of social situation to the point she avoids reunions with friends and co-workers and prefers isolation to avoid anxiety. Maria is afraid to be exposing to social situation some of unpleasant response are fast heart beat‚ sweaty palms‚ and nauseous stomach. The expose of social event is Maria (CS)- fear and the avoid of collage parties is the (CR). Systematic desensitization is a procedure in which the person with a phobia practices relaxation
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Most parents of a child with autism spectrum disorder are familiar with the concept of Applied Behavior Analysis or ABA therapy. ABA serves to help children with an ASD realize their full potential by serving as an intensive form of therapy based in part on a series of repeated commands and a positive reinforcement system. While science soundly backs the therapy and it is currently the only scientifically proven and recommended therapy for helping children with an ASD achieve levels of functioning
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Furthermore‚ I become trained in training Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA). ABA is and has been an excellent resources in my career journey. This training have giving my essential techniques that I have had the opportunity to implement them in the classroom and in results my students have increase their ability to learn and decrease any unwanted behavior. Professionally I didn’t stop there‚ I attended workshops related to Autism‚ providing me with information‚ methods‚ and knowledge associated with
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