THE EFFECTS AND SIDE EFFECTS OF PUNISHING THE AUTISTIC BEHAVIORS OF A DEVIANT CHILD1
- 1 March 1968
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis
- Vol. 1 (1) , 21-34
- https://doi.org/10.1901/jaba.1968.1-21
Abstract
Timeout procedures in the home and extinction and reinforcement of incompatible behaviors in the laboratory failed to eliminate the disruptive and dangerous climbing behavior of a deviant child. Punishment with electric shock was used to eliminate this behavior in the laboratory and then in the home. The effects were reversible and were restricted to specific stimulus conditions. A less severe form of punishment was used to eliminate the child's autistic rocking. Other behaviors of the subject were continuously measured in the laboratory to determine the side effects of punishment. No suppression of other behaviors correlated with punishment was noted. However, the rate of some behaviors increased when punishment was used to eliminate deviant behaviors, but these increases were, primarily, desirable.Keywords
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