Behavioral economic influences on treatments designed to decrease destructive behavior

Alicia C. Perry; Wayne W. Fisher

doi:10.1901/jaba.2001.34-211

Behavioral economic influences on treatments designed to decrease destructive behavior

Alicia C. Perry, Wayne W. Fisher

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Abstract

In behavioral economics terms, response allocation is viewed as an exchange between the price of and the demand for reinforcers associated with various responses. In this study, behavioral economics principles were used to develop and evaluate a treatment package that reduced destructive behavior to zero while communication and compliance were increased.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	211-215
Number of pages	5
Journal	Journal of applied behavior analysis
Volume	34
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1901/jaba.2001.34-211
State	Published - 2001
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Behavioral economics
Destructive behavior
Extinction
Functional analysis
Negative reinforcement
Punishment
Response effort

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Philosophy
Sociology and Political Science
Applied Psychology

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