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100

Who conducted the study in the article?

Mark Hegel and Robert Ferguson

100

Who is the participant in the study?

a 28-year-old male who had sustained a severe head injury in a motor vehicle accident 10 years earlier.

100

what are the problem behaviours they are collecting in the study?

instance of kicking and grabbing at people or object

100

what is the result when the DRO procedures was first implemented with a fixed, 30 minutes interval?

sharp reduction in frequency of aggressive behaviour (day shift)

200

this/ it can result to a significant neurobehavioral and social functioning impairment.

severe brain injury/ brain injury

200

what are specific neurological impairment on the male patient?

ataxia marked by extreme spasticity of all limbs (on a wheelchair with no ability to communicate using spoken language)

200

Prior to the baseline, what does the patient have to do to gain attention or social interaction?

a call bell

200

what is the result when DRO procedure of 1 hour variable-interval reinforcement schedule was implemented?

sharp reduction in frequency of aggressive behaviour

300

what is DRO of differential reinforcement of other behaviour?

reinforcement is given to any response except to the target behaviour or problem behaviour.

300

what is the majority of the patient’s activity?

sitting on his wheelchair in and around the nursing station deck

300

what are the reinforcing events of the patient?

yogurt dispends in a medicine cup, a 5-minute tour outside the facility, radio or music listening for 5 minutes and 5-minute card game with a staff member

300

what are the two additional finding on those noted in earlier studies?

building on desired, alternative behaviour through systematic reinforcement has the effect of reducing functionally related although topographically dissimilar, aggressive behaviour, target behaviour did not decrease in a specific setting unless the DRO procedure was specifically implemented in a specific setting.

400

an estimated ____ occurs annually in the United States.

325, 000

400

what are the aggressive behaviour of the patient?

grabbing at passersby, kicking objects or passerby, making disruptive vocalisation while engaging in kicking or grabbing

400

what are the two things the patient has to exhibit during the DRO procedure?

use of appropriate methods for gaining attention and communication and sitting quietly for increasing length of time.

400

what does this study suggest?

brain injured individuals with problematic behaviour should be assessed across multiple setting, and intervention should be designed with implemented across various contexts in mind.

500

what is the role of a psychologist (said on the article)?

to design and implement milieu and individual behaviour programs aimed at maximizing therapeutic regimes and reducing problem behaviour.

500

what are the aggressive behaviour negatively reinforced by

termination of aversive station of boredom and attentional deprivation

500

what are the three-instruction given to the staff if the patient engaged in a target behaviour during the prescribed time interval?

deliver a stern but brief reprimand and not speak to him further, record the incident and time of the behaviour checklist, reset the timer

500

what other form of research in the procedure is need?

multiple baseline design across setting, multiple baseline design across subjects and randomised, controlled, between group designs.

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