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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 involves reinforcing a patient for every step taken towards a specific goal?
  1. Token economies
  2. Shaping
  3. Contingency contracting
  4. Self-reinforcement
Explanation
Answer: B - Shaping involves reinforcement for every step taken toward achieving a target behavior. For example, when working on the goal of saying his name with a child who does not speak, reinforcement would be given for making any vocalization, then for saying any part of his name, and so on.
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