Question 77 (part 2) · LDEK · Psychology and management of children in the dental office

Aversion therapy methods, which shape child’s behavior in a dental office, include:

1) desensitization;
2) distraction;
3) positive reinforcement;
4) signaling pain sensation;
5) tell, show, do;
6) voice control;
7) imitation;
8) selective parent exclusion;
9) silencing-vanishing.
Correct answer is:
  1. A. 1,2,3,7.
  2. B. 2,3,4,9.
  3. C. 6,8,9.
  4. D. 6,8.
  5. E. 5,7,9.
Hint

Aversive techniques interrupt unwanted behaviour with a mildly unpleasant consequence rather than by communication or reward.

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