Return to Baseline: Some Comments on Smith's Reinterpretation of Seclusionary Timeout.

Polsgrove, Lewis

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ERIC Number: EJ280991

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Publication Date: 1982-Nov

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Return to Baseline: Some Comments on Smith's Reinterpretation of Seclusionary Timeout.

Polsgrove, Lewis

Behavioral Disorders, v8 n1 p50-52 Nov 1982

The author replies to an earlier contention of D. Smith (EC 133 830) that seclusionary timeout for behavior disordered children actually constitutes extinction rather than aversive control. The author cites methodological flaws in Smith's studies. (CL)

Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Emotional Disturbances, Extinction (Psychology), Punishment, Research Methodology, Timeout

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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