BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION FOR PRISONERS, PATIENTS, AND OTHER PEOPLE AS A PRESCRIPTION FOR THE PLANNED SOCIETY

• NCJ Number: 30063
• Journal: Prison Journal Volume: 54 Issue: 1 Dated: (SPRING-SUMMER 1974) Pages: 23-37
• Author(s): J G HOLLAND
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 15 pages
• Corporate Author: Pennsylvania Prison Soc
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

EXAMINATION OF THE SOCIAL AND POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS AND THE POTENTIAL CONTRIBUTION VALUE OF BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION TECHNIQUES SUCH AS TOKEN ECONOMIES, INCENTIVE SYSTEMS AND REINFORCERS.

Abstract

THE AUTHOR IS CRITICAL OF SUCH REINFORCEMENT-TYPE CONTINGENCY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AS THEY ARE APPLIED IN CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS, PRIVATE INDUSTRY AND THE ARMY BECAUSE THEY SERVE MAINLY TO MAKE PEOPLE MORE PASSIVE AND ACCEPTING OF THE STATUS QUO OF SOCIETAL STRUCTURE, AUTHORITY AND STRATIFICATION. HE FAVORS EDUCATING PEOPLE IN THE PRINCIPLES AND TECHNIQUES OF BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION SO THAT THEY MAY APPLY THEM TO THEIR INDIVIDUAL GOALS AND OBJECTIVES AND PERHAPS, COLLECTIVELY, TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN 'EGALITARIAN COOPERATIVE SOCIETY'.