Problem Behaviors as Operants: Applications with Elderly Individuals
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- 1 October 1975
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in The Gerontologist
- Vol. 15 (5 Part 1) , 452-456
- https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/15.5_part_1.452
Abstract
Many of the clinically disabling behaviors of elderly persons may be viewed as operants, controlled by reinforcing events in the “here and now” environment. Research bearing on the efficacy of operant techniques for programming individualized, group based, and ward-wide therapeutic intervention is reviewed. It is suggested that the operant view is useful for conceptualizing and treating many of the problem behaviors of elderly persons.Keywords
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