Chapter 26: Contingency Contracting, Token Economy and Group Contingencies Flashcards
tangible objects, activities or privileges that serve as reinforcers and that can be purchased with tokens
Backup Reinforcer
a mutually agreed upon document between pirates (eg parent and child) that specifies a contingent relationship between the completion of specified behavior(s) and access to specified reinforcers
Behavioral Contract
a mutually agreed upon document between pirates (eg parent and child) that specifies a contingent relationship between the completion of specified behavior(s) and access to specified reinforcers
Contingency contract
a contingency in which reinforcement for all members of a group is dependent on the behavior of one member of the group or the behavior of a select group of members within the larger group
Dependent group contingency
a contingency in which R+ for all members of a group is dependent on the behavior of (a)a person within the group(b) select group of members within the larger group or © each member of the group meeting a performance criterion (dependent, independent, and interdependent)
Group contingency
another term for dependent group contingency (i.e. a person earns a reward for the group)
Hero procedure-
a contingency in which reinforcement for each member of a group is dependent on that persons meeting a performance criterion that is in effect for all members of the group
Independent group contingency
a contingency in which R+ for each member of a group is dependent on that person’s meeting a performance criterion that is in effect for all members of the group
Interdependent group contingency
a component of some token economy systems in which participants advance up )or down) through a succession of levels contingent on their behavior at the current level. The performance criteria and sophistication or difficulty of the behaviors required at each level are higher than those of preceding levels. As participants advance to higher levels they gain access to more desirable reinforcers increase privileges and greater interdependence .
Level system
contingency contract that a person makes with himself, incorporating self selected task and reward as well as personal monitoring of task completions and self delivery of the reward
Self-contract
an object that is awarded contingent on appropriate behavior and that serves as the medium of exchanges for the backup reinforcers
Token
a system whereby participants earn generalized conditioned reinforcers (eg. tokens, chips points) as an immediate consequence for specific behaviors, participants accumulate token and exchange them for items and activities from ta menu of backup reinforcers
Token economy-
