Applied Behavior Analysis: Its Impact on the Treatment of Mentally Retarded Emotionally Disturbed People.

Matson, Johnny L.; Coe, David A.

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Publication Date: 1992

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Applied Behavior Analysis: Its Impact on the Treatment of Mentally Retarded Emotionally Disturbed People.

Matson, Johnny L.; Coe, David A.

Research in Developmental Disabilities, v13 n2 p171-89 1992

This article reviews applications of the applied behavior analysis ideas of B. F. Skinner and others to persons with both mental retardation and emotional disturbance. The review examines implications of behavior analysis for operant conditioning and radical behaviorism, schedules of reinforcement, and emotion and mental illness. (DB)

Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Behavioral Science Research, Behaviorism, Emotional Disturbances, Mental Disorders, Mental Retardation, Multiple Disabilities, Operant Conditioning, Reinforcement

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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