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Peer reviewedLerman, Dorothea C.; Iwata, Brian A. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1996
This paper presents a method for distinguishing between extinction and punishment effects. In extinction and punishment, different schedules of reinforcement or punishment are in effect when a given proportion of responses is blocked. Response patterns in treatment of hand mouthing in an adult with profound mental retardation suggest that a…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Modification, Behavioral Science Research, Case Studies
Peer reviewedFisher, Wayne W.; Iwata, Brian A. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1996
Discussion of the functional relationship between self-injurious behavior (SIB) and self-restraint in people with severe disabilities considers SIB and self-restraint as members of the same functional response class, SIB and self-restraint as functionally independent responses, access to self-restraint as positive reinforcement of SIB, termination…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavior Problems, Behavioral Science Research, Case Studies
