Behavioral Interventions

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Behavioral Interventions

• Western Michigan University
• Spring 2008
• Distance Course in
• Amman, Jordan
• Jordan University Of Science Technology
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Punctuality
problem with time
By Esraa Tawalbeh
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It is too late to sleep
punctuality raised from
1- sleeping lately
2- getting up lately
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so
Always you are late , why ?????
I had angry friend because i arrived her lately
Then
I drove quickly and i had risk to have
punishment and accident
Stop , you are very fast !!
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purpose
To improve esraa's attendence to be on supposed
time
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Baseline
baseline is the phase of experiment or
intervention where the behvior is measured in
the absence of an intervention
I took 1week to collect baseline data
in baseline - Iwent to sleep as normal - I
got up on sound of alarm - no reinforcement or
penalty from my friend . - i drove my car quickly
as usually.
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this table shows data collected in baseline
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sleeping time
- earliest time 1130 - latest time 200
Go to sleep
You are late
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this graph shows time of getting up in days
time
days
earliest time 730 latest time 800
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this graph shows arriving time to my friend
earliest time 810 latest time 830
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speed of driving range between 100 - 120 (
normal speed is 80)
You are very fast
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baseline contingency
I get more Sleep
I get up After 7 am
I have no Enough sleep
this is reinforcement contingnecy (it is
response contingent include presentation of
reinforcer to increase frequency of response )
it is accidently reinforce me to get up after
7 am to get more sleep
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intervention
first part sleeping early i have 2 cotingencies
to reinforce me to go to bed early
sD Before or at 11 pm
after I will not lose opp. to have a kiss from
mother immediately
Before I will lose opp. to have a kiss from
mother immediately
Behavior I go to bed
after I will lose opp. to have a kiss from
mother immediately
S? After 11 pm
1- avoidance of loss
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• that contingency is avoidance of loss (that is
  response contingent include prevention of loss
  reinforcer resulting in frequency of response
• I have rule governed behavior ( behavior under
  control of the rule) and that is ( getting up )
• The rule ( description of behavioral contingency
  ) was that esraa must go to bed before 11pm to
  get a kiss from mother , but if I go to bed after
  11 pm I didn't get a kiss

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2- reinforcement contingency
Before I have No enough sleep
After I have enough sleep
behavior I go to bed Early
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second part getting up early

• my mother asked me to get up at 655 then she
  returned to me after 5 min , if I didnt get up ,
  she would scream and start to shake me aversively
  within 10 sec

cude avoidance
Before Mum scream
after No Mum scream
behavior I get up at 7am
Before I will have Aversive shaking Within 10
sec
after I will have no Aversive shaking Within 10
sec
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• previous contingency is cude avoidance of
  aversive condition ( response contingent include
  prevention of aversive stimulus resulting in
  frequency of response)
• Scream is warning stimulus ( stimulus that
  precedes an aversive condition thus become a
  learned aversive stimulus )

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• I have pairing procedure ( the pairing of neutral
  stimulus with reinforcer or aversive stimulus )

Aversive shaking
Scream
No Scream
No aversive shaking
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third part to be on supposed time with my
friend (at 8am)
after I will not lose opp. to have Nescafe
SD At 8 am
Before I will lose opp. to have Nescafe
Behavior I arrive my friends Home
after I will lose opp. to have Nescafe
S? after 8 am
analog to avoidance of loss reinforcer
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• This contingency under rule control
• The rule was that esraa must arrive her friend
  before 8 am to get Nescafe .but if after that she
  would lose it .

You are good when you aren't late
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last part driving carefully

• Leaving home early lead to be on time so I will
  drive carefully ( within speed limit 80) so I
  will avoid punishment or accident
• We have 2 contingencies that maintain driving
  carefully

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1- voidance of aversive
Before I will have opp. to have Punishment
after I will have no opp. to have Punishment
behavior I drive carefully
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2- avoidence of aversive condition
Behavior I drive carefully
after i will have no opp. To make accident soon
Before i will have opp. To make accident soon
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result
this table shows results for 6 days of
intervention
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the graph shows arriving time and getting up time
in intervetion phase
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Thank you