The elimination of tantrum behavior by extinction procedures.

1 September 1959

journal article
research article
Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in The Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology

Vol. 59 (2) , 269
https://doi.org/10.1037/h0046688

Abstract

"This paper reports the successful treatment of tyrant-like tantrum behavior in a male child by the removal of reinforcement ... [and] did not involve aversive punishment.".

Keywords

CHILD PSYCHOLOGY
LEARNING