Those behaviors were followed by a socially mediated positive punishment contingency. The supervisee’s behaviors of calling out and interrupting others decrease. Every time they do this, the supervisor provides a mildly displeased facial expression. Each time the client engages in pinching staff, they give the client a break to “calm down.” The pinching behavior is maintained by socially mediated negative reinforcement (access to a break).Įxample in supervision/consultation context: During group supervision, a supervisee engages in a lot of calling out and cutting people off. Your joke telling behavior is maintained by socially mediated reinforcement (in this case, a specific kind of attention from friends).Įxample in clinical context: A client who lives in a residential treatment facility engages in pinching staff. You tell the joke and all of your friends laugh. One of your friends asks you to “tell the joke” that always makes people laugh. Automatically reinforced behaviors should not be targeted for intervention unless they are dangerous or causing harm to the client (e.g., head banging, eye-gouging, picking teeth, biting self) or significantly disrupting the lives of the client or others (loud vocalizations throughout the day, long ritualized behaviors that prevent learning adaptive skills).ĭefinition: Contingency delivered in whole or in part by another person.Įxample in everyday context: You get together with a group of friends. On occasions, these behaviors may become disruptive to a person’s life. Why it matters: All humans engage in some type of automatically reinforced behavior. The teacher asks the student, “Why are you tapping your foot?” The student replies, “I like the sound it makes!” They are repeatedly tapping their foot against the side of their desk. He is experiencing automatic negative reinforcement.Įxample in supervision/consultation context: A student is sitting at their desk working on their assignments. Target Terms: Automatic Reinforcement, Socially Mediated ReinforcementĪutomatic reinforcement is also sometimes called sensory reinforcement.ĭefinition: Behaviors maintained by automatic contingencies can be said to produce their own consequences, without another person changing the environment in any way in response to the behavior of interest.Įxample in everyday context: Scratching an itch rubbing sore muscles.Įxample in clinical context: A patient engages in rocking back and forth on the floor to experience a reduction in anxiety (aversive private event). Section G (Behavior Change Procedures) Quiz.Section C (Measurement, Data Display, and Interpretation) Quiz.Section B (Concepts and Principles) Quiz.Section A (Philosophical Underpinnings) Quiz.Creating Immediate Safety for Students in Behavioral Crisis.Practical Applications of Behavioral Skills Training in Schools.Practical Strategies to Navigate Scope of Competence for School-Based Behavior Analysts.Behavioral Support Beyond 1:1 Plans: PBIS for Behavior Analysts.Continuing Education for Behavior Analysts Menu Toggle.Section I: Personnel Supervision and Management.Section H: Selecting and Implementing Interventions.Section C: Measurement, Data Display, and Interpretation.Task List 5th Ed © Breakdowns Menu Toggle.
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