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Article 1
Summary:
This case study reports an intervention to reduce inappropriate mouthing by a developmentally disabled child. He inappropriately put his hands and objects into his mouth for prolonged periods of time. The authors first determined establishing operations and then designed an intervention based on the data provided by that functional analysis of when he performed the inappropriate behavior.
Discussion Questions:
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What were the establishing operations for the child in the case study?
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In the Discussion, the authors describe what contingencies maintained inappropriate mouthing in some situations. Where were those contingencies?
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What do the authors suggest was the rewarding aspect of the intervention that competed with inappropriate mouthing?
Article 2
Summary:
This review covers the discovery and characterization of oxytocin and the neuropeptide’s role in the reward systems in the brain. It also suggests that the possibility that oxytocin can be used therapeutic intervention for addiction.
Discussion Questions:
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Oxytocin is release into areas of the brain important for reward. What are those areas?
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What other neurotransmitter released in those brain areas is associated with reward?
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What effect does oxytocin have on the rewarding properties of methamphetamines?
