Posted by alexandra_k on March 28, 2005, at 2:53:17
In reply to Back to Spanos, posted by Dinah on March 28, 2005, at 1:13:08
> Whatever behaviorists believe, doesn't the heart of Spanos's therapeutic intervention go to reported behavior, not actual behavior?
Nope. Actual behaviour.
Though that is impossible in practice of course... But I didn't write the theory ;-)
Typically the idea seems to be something along the lines of hospitilised peoples being put into seclusion when 'alters' appear. After a while... they just stop appearing. The notion is that that should generalise back to IRL - well, that it would if people stopped reinforcing people for switching.
> Try as I might, I can't see how his intervention would have any beneficial result at all on actual behavior except in genuinely iatrogenic cases. But it would have a similar result on reported behavior in both genuine and therapist induced MPD.He doesn't make that distinction. ALL CASES are supposed to be created, maintained, and dissolved by the reinforcement contingencies that operate.
> How did he purport to tell the difference between reported behavior and actual behavior?Well... They don't quite say it like that. But they should... They should if they were being meticulous ;-)
> Or did his assumptions that there were no genuine cases cause him to not even try?He doesn't think there is anything more to the disorder than the reinforcement contingencies that operate to create and maintain those behaviours. Change the contingencies so that the behaviour is no longer rewarded and then peoples are cured!!
Ta da.
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