Реферат: Aggression Essay Research Paper Verbal aggression is
convenient the subject would say a short prayer when provoked.
Results
The results of the baseline phase revealed what was considered an
extraordinarily
high rate of verbal aggression. However, after the first week of data
collection it
was realized that verbal aggression was not operationally defined. The
subject
considered verbal aggression on much broader terms than did the therapist
which
included subjective, rather than objective, behavior observations. Weekly
consultation sessions revealed that cursing was the most common manifestation
of
the target behavior. When correctly defined using objective terms a decrease
in
verbal aggression was noted. Based on the results of baseline data it was
mutually
agreed that 4 to 8 episodes of aggression per day was significantly high and
merited
intervention.
The results of the intervention phase of treatment revealed a sharp increase
of
verbal aggression over the first three weeks. This increase is thought to be
due to
extinction. Afterwards, a gradual decrease of verbal aggression was noted
during
weeks 4 through 9. No data was collected during week 10 due to subject
illness.
The treatment phase ended with a weekly average of one episode of verbal