Ivar Lovaas First Noticed That Aversives Could Reduce Self-Injurious Behavior

question 43

True/False

Ivar Lovaas first noticed that aversives could reduce self-injurious behavior when he absentmindedly slapped a child who was banging his head against a wall.

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