During Dinnertime Joe, an Alzheimer's Patient, Often Acts Out and Throws

question 50

Multiple Choice

During dinnertime Joe, an Alzheimer's patient, often acts out and throws his food. However, tonight he is sitting quietly and eating; this prompts the nursing home staff to reward Joe. The most likely technique the staff is employing is

• A) milieu therapy.
• B) differential reinforcement of incompatible behavior.
• C) spaced reinforcement.
• D) cognitive retraining.

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Definitions:

Shaping Procedure

A method of training by which successive approximations toward a target behavior are reinforced.

Electroconvulsive Therapy

A psychiatric treatment in which seizures are electrically induced in patients to relieve severe mental disorders.

Systematic Desensitization

A technique used in behavior therapy to treat phobias and other behavior problems involving anxiety, by gradually exposing the patient to the anxiety-producing stimulus in a controlled environment.

Closed Places

Spaces or environments that are physically restricted, enclosed, or not open to the surrounding area or the public.