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Article 1
 
Gendreau, P., Listwan, S. J., Kuhns, J. B., & Exum, M. L. (2014). Making prisoners accountable: Are contingency management programs the answer? Criminal Justice and Behavior, 41, 1079-1102
Summary:
This article reviews whether contingency management is effective at changing the behavior of prisoners. In some countries for some period of time, rehabilitation of criminals has been a focus. One approach of a rehabilitation effort is contingency management of prisoners that targets specific sets of behaviors.
 
Discussion Questions:
  1. How have prisons used contingency management in the past? In other words, what techniques that are described in the text are employed?
  2. This article reviewed past studies of contingency management in prison. How effective have those studies shown contingency management to be?
  3. How has the work of Premack that is described in the text been put to use in designing contingency management programs for prisoners?
 
Article 2
 
Onslow, M. Menzies, R. G., & Packman, A. (2001). An operant intervention for early stuttering: The development of the Lidcombe Program. Behavior Modification, 25, 116-139
 
Summary:
This article summarizes the history of thinking about the origin and treatment of stuttering. Most notable, it describes the involvement of several operant techniques that not only reduce stuttering in children, but also challenged the thinking about the possible origin of stuttering.
 
Discussion Questions:
  1. What is the diagnosagenic theory as it pertained to stuttering?
  2. In the Introduction, the authors review the history of treatment of stuttering. What operant contingencies were used in the past to treat stuttering in young children?
  3. In light of the diagnosagenic theory, what was the effectiveness of operant procedures a surprise?
  4. In the Lidcombe Program, how were positive reinforcement and punishment used?
  5. One challenge with behavior modification is the generalization to situations in which the contingencies are not in effect. How has the Lidcombe Program done with regard to this?