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