Forensics: Behaviour Modification Ao1

Question 1

Token economy systems (TEPs) are used to obtain …

Answer 1

desirable behaviour in closed institutions such as prisons, and they are used for juvenile and adult offenders in custody

Question 2

Token economies are a form of …

Answer 2

Behaviour modification

Question 3

What is behaviour modification and what principles is it based upon?

Answer 3

• they reinforce obedient behaviour and punish disobedient behaviours
• reward=repeatinfg
• punishment=extinction

Question 4

How does Token economy work?

Answer 4

Rewards are usually tokens or points (secondary reinforcers), and these can be periodically exchanged for something that the individual wants (primary reinforcers).
•This is an important part of the programme as the rewards must genuinely reward the person.

Question 5

desirable beh should be _______ and broken down into _________

Answer 5

des beh should be operationalised and broken down into its component parts

Question 6

scoring system of token economy

Answer 6

• staff and prisoners made aware of scoring system
• some beh recieve higher rewards than others
• reinforcment should outnumber punishment in a ratio of 4:1 (gendreau et al 2011)

Question 7

training in token ecoonmy

Answer 7

• standardised procedures so that all prison staff are awarding the same behaviours in the same way