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Chapter 7: Deceleration Behaviour Therapy. Differential Reinforcement. Higher incompatibility leads to more effective treatment Of incompatible behaviours Of competing behaviours Of other (any) behaviours Of Low Response Rates (Shaping). Differential: Other Types.
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Chapter 7:Deceleration Behaviour Therapy CBT Chapter 7
Differential Reinforcement • Higher incompatibility leads to more effective treatment • Of incompatible behaviours • Of competing behaviours • Of other (any) behaviours • Of Low Response Rates (Shaping) CBT Chapter 7
Differential: Other Types 5. Non-contingent reinforcement: Satiation and extinction 6. Functional communication training (Assertion): Alternating ways of conveying desire for reinforcer CBT Chapter 7
Consequential Deceleration • Directly affecting the frequency of the target behaviour • Or making the consequences undesirable • Involves reinforcement and/or punishment CBT Chapter 7
1. Extinction • Identifying and removing reinforcers • “Time out from positive reinforcement” Problems • Slow working • Extinction bursts • Little transfer, high specificity • High rate of spontaneous recovery CBT Chapter 7
Extinction: The Ferber Technique • Using extinction to stop babies from crying • Attention from parents is a reinforcer • Uses “time out” method Ferber link: http://www.babycenter.com/refcap/baby/babysleep/7755.html#2 CBT Chapter 7
2. Response Cost • Removing items or privileges • Personal possessions, time, money • Relatively effective technique for children and adults • High familiarity to the “real-world” CBT Chapter 7
3. Overcorrection • Restitution: making amends for damage done • Positive (over)practice: exaggerated performance of appropriate adaptive behaviour • The cost of inappropriate behaviour is exaggerated • Limited to behaviours that can be corrected CBT Chapter 7
4. Physically Aversive Consequences • Use of physical punishment • Tends to work more quickly than reinforcement approaches • First response to situations where there is physical threat to self or others CBT Chapter 7
The downside of physical punishment… • Avoidance (transfer) • Aversive emotional responses • Perpetuation effects • In client and change agent • Short lasting effectiveness CBT Chapter 7
Aversion Therapy • Uses classical conditioning paradigm • A strong aversive stimulus is applied simultaneously to maladaptive behaviour • A highly motivated client is required CBT Chapter 7
Applying the aversive stimulus • Actual application • Symbolic exposure • Imagery (Covert Sensitization) CBT Chapter 7
Punishment:Ethical Considerations • Strong cultural images of punishment • Utility (short and long-term) • Potential for abuse • Will of the client CBT Chapter 7
