What are the behaviourist principles of behaviour modification?
behaviourist approach- all behaviours are learnt, therefore the unlearning of behaviour is possible too.
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What is an example of a behaviour modification programme?
Token economies
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How do token economies work in a prison?
a token is given to inmates when they perform a desireable behaviour
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What are the secondary reinforcers?
the tokens
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What are the primary reinforcers?
the things the tokens are exchanged for
eg. phone call with loved one/ extra cigarettes
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How are target behaviours opperationalised?
Behaviours are broken down into component parts
eg. trying to improve interactions with other inmates- broken down into 'not swearing'
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How are the staff made aware of token economies?
Staff must be trained and made aware of the scoring systems
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What did Hobbs and Holt find?
They inroduced token economies with a group of young offenders and observed a significant difference in posistive behaviour compared to the non-token control group
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What is a strength of token economies?
easy to implement- no need for specialist professionals.
Cost-effective
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Why might it not have long term affect?
postive changes in behaviour might be lost upon release.
more cognitive-based treatments (anger management) may lead to more permenent changes
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