Habit Reversal

Question 1

Bad Habits

Answer 1

Repetative or stereotyped behaviors (gestural/verbal) that serve no useful purpose and tend to be an annoyance
- occurs automatically/subconsciously
- ex: motor tics, stuttering, nervous habits

Question 2

The Straitum

Answer 2

Of the basal ganglia
- associated with voluntary motor control and procedural learning

Question 3

What qualitifes as a Habit Disorder?

Answer 3

LOOSLY characterized as being:
- distressing to the person
- high frequency/intensity causing person to seek treatment
- adverse physical/social effects on person (ex: pain, embarrassment)

Question 4

Nervous Habits

Answer 4

Repetitive behaviors that occur when a person is nervous
- AKA: Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviors (BFRB)
- associated with perfectionism/OCD

Question 5

Motor Tics

Answer 5

Repetitive, jerking movements of the body

Question 6

Vocal Tics

Answer 6

Repetitive nonspeech vocal sounds that DO NOT convey information/social function
- ex: excessive throat-clearing

Question 7

Tourette’s Syndrome

Answer 7

Criteria: Multiple motor tics and AT LEAST 1 vocal tic
- caused by genetic & environmental factors
- often combined with ADHD or OCD

Question 8

Stuttering

Answer 8

Speech delay where a person repeats syllables or words
- therapy/treatment is effective & avalible

Question 9

Habit Reversal Procedures

Answer 9

An approach for decreasing a behavior that does NOT concentrate on reinforcers and is implemented by the target person (under supervision)

Question 10

Awareness Training (HRT)

Answer 10

Person is taught to DESCRIBE the problem behavior then watch for it & notice when it occurs

Question 11

Competing Response Training (HRT)

Answer 11

Person is taught to PREFORM a behavior that is INCOMPATIBLE with target behavior
- Mutually exclusive

Question 12

Social Support

Answer 12

Family members/friends who are close to target person
- points out when behavior occurs
- prompt the use of competing/alternative behavior
- reinforce desirable behavior

Question 13

Motivation Strategy

Answer 13

Behavior analyst determines antecedents, situations, & consequences of target behavior
- review effects of behavior (ex: physical pain)

Question 14

How to apply HRT

Answer 14

1. Identify/discribe problem behavior
2. Learns/practices incompatible behavior
3. Review adverse effects of disorder

Question 15

Generalization Training

Answer 15

How to CONTROL tics in everyday situations

Question 16

Symbolic Rehearsal

Answer 16

Person images common, tic-eliciting situations, then perform the tic-control exercise

Question 17

Aversion Therapy

Answer 17

Repeated pairing troublesome reinforcer with an aversive event
- form of respondant conditioning

Question 18

Massed Negative Practice

Answer 18

A punishment procedure that requires a person to repeat the undesired target behavior for a long period of time
- ex: After a vocal tic, person must make vocal tics for 2 minutes