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Peer reviewedShepp, Mark S.; Jensen, Bruce F. – School Psychology Review, 1983
This study, an approach to controlling "acting out" behaviors of handicapped children in elementary schools, compares the effectiveness of an operant strategy and a cognitive strategy in modifying the behavior of a seven-year-old hyperactive boy. (Author/PN)
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Case Studies, Cognitive Structures
Peer reviewedMurray, Laura K.; Kollins, Scott H. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2000
A study examined sensitivity to reinforcement in two boys (ages 7-10) with attention deficit hyperactivity using the matching law and evaluated effects of methylphenidate. In the medicated condition, the matching function for both subjects resulted in higher asymptotic values, indicating an overall elevation of behavior rate under these…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Behavior Modification, Children, Drug Therapy
Peer reviewedMcGillivray, Jane A.; And Others – Australia and New Zealand Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 1988
Operant and cognitive behavior modification procedures were used to decrease impulsive aggressive responding by six hyperaggressive children, aged 7-11, in interpersonal problem situations. The procedures sought to improve participants' alternative response repertoires and develop internal speech as a self-control mechanism. Compared to controls,…
Descriptors: Aggression, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification, Conceptual Tempo
