Реферат: Aggression Essay Research Paper Verbal aggression is

desire to

reduce, if not eliminate, this behavior. It would seem that self-monitoring

for

verbal aggression and antecedent control would be valuable as it would allow

for

consistent avoidance of verbal aggression. As a school psychologist the

subject was

very familiar with the basic principles of applied behavioral analysis and

frequently

offered programmatic suggestions. A behavioral contract was developed

jointly

between the therapist and subject. The contract outlined the target

behavior,

success criteria, and individual responsibilities of the therapist and

subject. (see

Appendix A)

Apparatus

A basic checklist was used to document the frequency of verbal aggression on

a

daily basis. The checklist was designed to track only the occurrence of the

behavior. It was felt by the therapist that the content of the verbally

aggressive

message would be too open for subjective interpretation and that no

meaningful

data would be gained from such documentation. In addition the subject made

frequent comments of significant success or failure in avoiding verbal

aggression

for discussion with the therapist. The weekly discussions were used to

evaluate the