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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
Kahng, SungWoo; Iwata, Brian A.; Lewin, Adam B. – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 2002
An analysis of 396 articles (that included 706 participants) on the treatment of self-injurious behavior found the use of reinforcement-based interventions has increased during the past decade, whereas the use of punishment-based interventions has decreased slightly; both of these trends coincide with an increase in the use of functional…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Children
