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EPPP Psychology

Category - Treatment, Intervention, Prevention, and Supervision

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Operant conditioning, a behaviorist-based treatment approach, involves using reinforcement and punishment as tools to control and maintain behaviors. There are different intervention strategies that use reinforcement. Which of those strategies uses a high frequency behavior to reinforce a low frequency behavior?
  1. Contingency contracting
  2. Token economies
  3. Premack principle
  4. Differential reinforcement of other behaviors
Explanation
Answer: C - The Premack principle, also called the principle of reinforcer relativity (or “Grandma’s rule”), uses a high frequency behavior to reinforce a low frequency behavior. For example, requiring a child to eat her peas at dinner before going outside uses a behavior that is done frequently and without any outside influence to induce a behavior that is not usually done without some coercion.
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