Application of the Behavior-Analytic Problem-Solving (BAPS) Model
A 35-year-old resident in a group home for adults with developmental disabilities has been knocking out windows in the house over the past several months. The resident has required medical attention for injuries sustained by this behavior and placement at the group home is now in jeopardy. This group home has three other residents. All residents in this group home are expected to complete various tasks around the house, participate in social interaction activities, and work two days a week at a workshop. So far, the behaviors have only been reported at the group home.
Complete the Behavior-Analytic Problem-Solving (BAPS) Model, including each of the following components for the given scenario.
Contextual Variables
Antecedent: Discriminative Stimuli
Antecedent: Unconditioned Motivating Operations
Antecedent: Conditioned Motivating Operations
Individual Mediating Variables
Individual Behavior Deficits
Target Behavior
Reinforcing Consequence(s)
Parameters of Reinforcement
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Application of the BAPS Model
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Application of the BAPS Model
Contextual variables contribute to the occurrence and sustenance of the target behavior and describe the context in which an interference behavior occurs (Steege, Pratt, Wickerd, Guare, & Watson, 2019). In this case, the patient breaks windows so that he can be injured and taken to the hospital to get attention. He may also do this to avoid social interactions with the rest of the guests or work in the workshop.
Discriminative stimuli describe specific signals that reinforcement is available for an interference behavior to occur. Thus, the patient's discriminative stimuli are the availability of means, like an ambulance, for injury treatment and avoidance of interaction with other guests.
Motivational operations include either deprivation or the presentation of stimuli that trigger behavior (Merlo, Chiazzese, Taibi, & Chifari, 2018). In this case, if there is no ambulance outside to take injured patients to the hospital for treatment. Another stimulus is removing or making social interactions or workshop sessions optional. The behavior is encouraged when the means of emergency service are readily available. The behavior is ...