Operant training of originality in hospitalized adult mental patients

The thesis is a report of a pilot study in the general research area of behavioral originality. In the study operant techniques were used to train originality in hospitalized mentally ill or mentally retarded subjects (Ss). Originality of behavior was defined in terms of the observable behavior of the Ss in the research setting. Original responses were defined as verbal responses different from recorded baseline verbalizations for one subject (S) and motor responses different from previously observed motor responses for each of three Ss.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts (M.A.)

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Psychology

Year dc:date.available

1971

Author dc:creator

• Holt, David Dennis

Contributors dc:contributor

• Kenneth L. Beauchamp

• Mentally ill Research
• Originality
• Operant conditioning
• Psychology
• Social and Behavioral Sciences

Licence

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/1735

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholarlycommons.pacific.edu:uop_etds-2734