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BEHAVIORAL ECONOMIC INFLUENCES ON TREATMENTS DESIGNED TO DECREASE DESTRUCTIVE BEHAVIOR
Author(s) -
Perry Alicia C.,
Fisher Wayne W.
Publication year - 2001
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.2001.34-211
Subject(s) - behavioral economics , psychology , behavioral analysis , compliance (psychology) , behavior change , applied behavior analysis , token economy , behavioral activation , behavioral modeling , reinforcement , operant conditioning , autism , applied psychology , social psychology , developmental psychology , economics , microeconomics , neuroscience , cognition , artificial intelligence , computer science
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.