Va Hospital, Miami, Fla.
J Appl Behav Anal. 1972 Spring;5(1):85-91. doi: 10.1901/jaba.1972.5-85.
Brief isolation from a group situation was found to suppress persistent, high-rate misbehavior in two extremely withdrawn children, even though no positive reinforcement for other behaviors was systematically administered. Changes in a variety of behaviors, including looking, touching, speaking, responding, and other non-punished misbehaviors, were observed when isolation timeout was administered contingent on only one misbehavior of each child.
将两名非常孤僻的儿童与群体隔离开来,发现这种短暂的隔离可以抑制其持续的、高频度的不良行为,即使系统地没有给予其他行为任何正强化。当隔离时间仅根据每个孩子的一种不良行为进行安排时,观察到了各种行为的变化,包括看、触摸、说话、反应和其他未受惩罚的不良行为。