Behavioral economic influences on treatments designed to decrease destructive behavior

Authors
Perry, AC Fisher, WW
Citation
Ac. Perry et Ww. Fisher, Behavioral economic influences on treatments designed to decrease destructive behavior, J APPL BE A, 34(2), 2001, pp. 211-215
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Psycology
Journal title
JOURNAL OF APPLIED BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS
ISSN journal
00218855 → ACNP
Volume
34
Issue
2
Year of publication
2001
Pages
211 - 215
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-8855(200122)34:2<211:BEIOTD>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
In behavioral economics terms, response allocation is viewed as an exchange between the price of and the demand for reinforcers associated with variou s responses. In this study, behavioral economics principles were used to de velop and evaluate a treatment package that reduced destructive behavior to zero while communication and compliance were increased.