ABA Ethics Midterm Questions with 100% Correct Answers | Latest Version 2024 | Verified

Describe Sunland Miami Scandal - In 1972 a hospital that provided service to individuals with developmental disabilities was investigated due to allegations of abuse. The director of the hospital (Dr. E) had set guidelines for the employees to follow which lead to the occurrences of abused within the hospital. Patients were subjected to forced public masturbation, forced public homosexual acts, forced washing of the mouth with soap, beatings with a wooden paddles, etc. What is Behavior Modification - treatment approach based on the principles of operant conditioning that replaced undesirable behaviors with more desirable ones through positive or negative reinforcement What is the Blue Ribbon Committee - a group of people who investigate, study or analyze a given question. This was created due to the Sunland Miami Scandal What were the Blue Ribbon Committee Recommendations - - unannounced visits to residential institutions - Collection of information on key personnel - Peer review of all behavior plans - Experimental treatments would be further reviewed - Prohibition of certain bizarre examples of punishment - Abandon seclusion in favor of positive and appropriate time-out techniques Describe Wyatt vs. Stickney - Bryce State Hospital in Alabama had over 5,000 patients. Due to lack of funding, there was not enough staff to take care of all patients. It had been discovered that patients were being abused and a judge ruled that there needed to be an established treatment for individuals with disabilities, staff to patient ratio and