Managemnt Of Sz Flashcards
What is the main scheme of managing sz called?
Token economies
What is a token economy?
Giving a patient a token(coloured disk 🟢) immediately after a desirable behaviour.
They are later swapped for rewards e.g. sweets films activities etc.
Who were the first people to use a token economy? And when were they at there peak?
Allyon and Azrin
1960s/70s
Who identified 3 categories of institutional behaviour that can be tackled using token economics and what are they?
Matson
Personal care
Condition related behaviours
social behaviour
The 2 areas that token economies improve ?
Quality of life- especially within hospital
Normalised behaviour - making it easier to go back to society
What is the basic theory behind token economies?
Operating conditioning- tokens are secondary reinforcers exchanged for rewards ( primary reinforcers )
