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REMEDIATION OF NEGATIVE SIDE EFFECTS OF AN ON‐GOING RESPONSE‐COST SYSTEM WITH CHRONIC MENTAL PATIENTS 1
Author(s) -
Doty David W.,
McInnis Titus,
Paul Gordon L.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
journal of applied behavior analysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.1
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1938-3703
pISSN - 0021-8855
DOI - 10.1901/jaba.1974.7-191
Subject(s) - token economy , abandonment (legal) , backup , payment , security token , psychology , reinforcement , adverse effect , actuarial science , business , operations management , social psychology , economics , medicine , finance , computer security , computer science , database , political science , law
Response‐cost procedures within a token economy with extremely regressed residents excluded many residents from access to positive reinforcement. Procedures allowing residents to “purchase eligibility” to obtain backup reinforcers through contingent payment on standing fines, combined with proportional fine payoff schedules contingent upon time without new fines, increased payment on fines, reduced incidence of new fines, and increased utilization of backup reinforcers. These modifications removed adverse side effects while retaining the benefits associated with response costs. Failures or adverse effects of elements of token systems should not occasion abandonment of token economies, but rather encourage their continual evaluation and modification.