The big advantage of DRI is that the focus is on doing something positive, and not simply the removal of an unwanted behavior. Such hair “twiddling” could be reduced by reinforcing the child for cuddling a teddy bear. Another example of a behavior that could be treated with DRI is that of a young child who, while watching television, continually “twiddles” with her hair to the extent that bald patches are appearing. The teacher therefore could reduce the out-of-seat behavior by systematically reinforcing the child for being seated. A desirable behavior that is topographically incompatible with roaming around the classroom is that of being seated. The rationale is that the individual cannot simultaneously engage in two incompatible behaviors so as one is strengthened, the other must be weakened.Ī DRI procedure could be used to intervene with a child who is continually out of his seat in the classroom. The behavior that is reinforced is not the target behavior, as this would clearly strengthen it, but rather is a behavior that is both desirable and topographically incompatible with the target behavior. Hudson, in Comprehensive Clinical Psychology (Second Edition), 2022 5.05.5.2.1 Differential Reinforcement of Incompatible Behaviorĭifferential reinforcement of incompatible behavior (DRI) is a weakening procedure that is based on reinforcement.
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