A technology for program maintenance: programming key researcher behaviors in a student housing cooperative.

abstract：:In this essay, we note that although Iwata, Dorsey, Slifer, Bauman, and Richman (1982) established the standard framework for conducting functional analyses of problem behavior, the term functional analysis was probably first used in behavior analysis by B. F. Skinner in 1948. We also remind readers that a functional ...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Schlinger HD Jr,Normand MP

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Positive practice overcorrection has been shown to be effective in reducing stereotypic self-stimulatory behaviors displayed by retarded and autistic individuals. In addition, the procedure also may increase the occurrence of appropriate behavior through intensive practice. In the present study, several stereotypic an...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Wells KC,Forehand R,Hickey K,Green KD

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assessed the effects of individually defined small, medium, and large periods of presession access to edible and nonedible reinforcers on response rates during sessions in which responding produced access to identical reinforcers. Any presession access to an edible reinforcer decreased response rates for 1 particip...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Sy JR,Borrero JC

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A multi-element baseline design combined with a multiple-baseline design, was used to investigate the effect of availability of materials, prizes for participation, and instruction on the leisure behavior of 14 mentally retarded women in a half-way house. A leisure program was conducted on weekday evenings, during whi...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Johnson MS,Bailey JS

更新日期：1977-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A token reinforcement program involving two levels of token value and backup reinforcers to increase journal reshelving behavior in a large university library was experimentally evaluated. Results showed that instructions (in which signs asked users to reshelve journals) had no impact. By contrast, token reinforcement...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Meyers H,Nathan PE,Kopel SA

更新日期：1977-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pouched rats were employed as mine-detection animals in a quality-control application where they searched for mines in areas previously processed by a mechanical tiller. The rats located 58 mines and fragments in this 28,050-m(2) area with a false indication rate of 0.4 responses per 100 m(2) . Humans with metal detec...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Edwards TL,Cox C,Weetjens B,Tewelde T,Poling A

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated strategies to increase behaviors associated with courteous provision of service by 3 staff members of a human service agency. Training included written instructions, practice, and performance feedback. A lottery procedure was introduced to maintain courteous service after training. The results of a multip...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Johnson MD,Fawcett SB

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study compared the copy, cover, and compare method to a picture-word matching method for teaching sight word recognition. Participants were 5 kindergarten students with less than preprimer sight word vocabularies who were enrolled in a public school in the Pacific Northwest. A multielement design was used to eval...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Conley CM,Derby KM,Roberts-Gwinn M,Weber KP,McLaughlin TE

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Delayed prompting can produce errorless discrimination learning. There is inherent in the procedure a disparity in reinforcement density which favors unprompted over prompted responses. We used three schedules of reinforcement to investigate the impact of reinforcement probability on transfer of stimulus control. One ...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Touchette PE,Howard JS

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study attempted to test the reliability of a new method of recording verbal behavior in a free-play preschool setting. Six children, three normal and three speech impaired, served as subjects. Videotaped records of verbal behavior were scored by two experimentally naive observers. The results suggest that ...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Nordquist VM

更新日期：1971-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The major dependent variable was the rate at which first and second-grade students printed or wrote daily copying assignments. Data were also taken on the percentage of letters scored as errors according to a set of scoring criteria. Initially, these data were collected during a baseline condition in which each child ...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Hopkins BL,Schutte RC,Garton KL

更新日期：1971-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the effectiveness of functional communication training (FCT) in reducing self-injurious behavior (SIB) and in shaping an alternative (communicative) response while SIB continued to be reinforced. Following a functional analysis of 3 individuals' SIB, we attempted to teach an alternative response consisting...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Shirley MJ,Iwata BA,Kahng SW,Mazaleski JL,Lerman DC

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Variability has been shown to be a reinforceable dimension of behavior. One procedure that has been demonstrated to increase variability in basic research is the lag reinforcement schedule. On this type of schedule, a response is reinforced if it differs from a specified number of previous responses. Lag schedules are...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Lee R,McComas JJ,Jawor J

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nicotine replacement products are commonly used to promote smoking cessation, but alternative and complementary methods may increase cessation rates. The current experiment compared the short-term effects of a transdermal nicotine patch to voucher-based reinforcement of smoking abstinence on cigarette smoking. Fourtee...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Glenn IM,Dallery J

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two experiments were conducted on four units of a residential facility for the multiply-handicapped retarded in an attempt to improve daily care and training services. Experiment I compared the effects of two procedures in maintaining the work performance of attendants, using an A-B design on two units. One procedure ...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Iwata BA,Bailey JS,Brown KM,Foshee TJ,Alpern M

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of a prosthetic memory aid on the conversational content and social skills of dyads with dementia were evaluated. Six individuals with moderate to severe dementia served as either subject or partner in dyads during 5-min conversational probes conducted three times per week in day-care and nursing-home sett...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Bourgeois MS

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent research indicates that when analyzing graphically presented single-subject data, subjects trained in visual inference appear to attend to large changes between phases regardless of relative variation and do not differentiate among common intervention effect patterns. In this follow-up study, experts in applied...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Furlong MJ,Wampold BE

更新日期：1982-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated one method for determining whether response suppression under noncontingent reinforcement (NCR) is a function of satiation or extinction. Three individuals with developmental disabilities who engaged in self-injurious behavior (SIB) or aggression participated. Results of functional analyses indicated that...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Kahng SW,Iwata BA,Thompson RH,Hanley GP

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Present research and legislation regarding mainstreaming autistic children into normal classrooms have raised the importance of studying whether autistic children can benefit from observing normal peer models. The present investigation systematically assessed whether autistic children's learning of discrimination task...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Egel AL,Richman GS,Koegel RL

更新日期：1981-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluated behavioral skills training (BST) and in situ training (IST) to teach a response to bullying (RtB) to four adults with intellectual disabilities who were victims of bullying. The RtB consisted of refraining from retaliating, stating disapproval, walking away, and telling a staff member. In situ ass...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Stannis RL,Crosland KA,Miltenberger R,Valbuena D

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both a small course section and a large course section were taught with methods that involved breaking material down into weekly units that had to be mastered by students as indicated by weekly tests. Attendance at lectures was voluntary and students were not tested on lecture material. In a system in which a student ...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Whitehurst GJ

更新日期：1972-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the use of a progressive delay procedure combined with verbal mediation to teach self-control to children with attention deficit disorder. Results showed that when participants were initially given the choice between an immediate smaller reinforcer and a larger delayed reinforcer, all participants ...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Binder LM,Dixon MR,Ghezzi PM

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study assessed the effects of a flexible work schedule ("flextime") on time allocated to children and spouse by federal workers. Direct behavioral observations of family, home, and work functions were precluded because of the cost involved in observing many people for long periods of time. In order to obtain deta...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Winett RA,Neale MS

更新日期：1981-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although typical functional analyses often produce clear outcomes, some studies have reported ambiguous results that cannot be interpreted. Such undifferentiated outcomes may occur if test conditions do not include relevant antecedent or consequent events. Clinicians then may try to modify the functional analysis cond...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Schlichenmeyer KJ,Roscoe EM,Rooker GW,Wheeler EE,Dube WV

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Language training procedures, which involved positive reinforcement for verbal imitation, were applied to increase the appropriate verbal behavior of an almost non-verbal, brain damaged, 5-yr-old boy. Two experiments assessed the effectiveness of timeout from positive reinforcement as a training procedure viewed as ha...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： McReynolds LV

更新日期：1969-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Individual written and verbal performance feedback was examined to determine its influence on the safety with which physically disabled clients were transferred. Two client-transfer techniques were task analyzed and six direct service providers' on-the-job performance was measured weekly. A multiple baseline across se...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Alavosius MP,Sulzer-Azaroff B

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A retarded child was taught to imitate diverse demonstrations made by an experimenter, until new demonstrations were imitated correctly upon first presentation without direct training. These imitations could be maintained without reinforcement, when they were distributed among other reinforced imitations. Factors resp...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Peterson RF

更新日期：1968-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although delusional statements in people with intellectual disabilities and traumatic brain injury can be treated using behavioral interventions, none have demonstrated long-term treatment effects. In the current study, a functional analysis demonstrated that delusional statements were maintained by attention. Differe...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Travis R,Sturmey P

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stereotypical behavior maintained by automatic reinforcement often does not result in harm but may be undesirable in some situations. In the current investigation, participants were 2 individuals who engaged in nonharmful stereotypical responses shown in an analogue functional analysis to be insensitive to social cont...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Anderson CM,Doughty SS,Doughty AH,Williams DC,Saunders KJ

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effectiveness of a training package on the social behaviors of 20 hearing-impaired children with severe language disabilities was assessed. The package consisted of initial instruction in role-play situations, reinforcement of appropriate instances of the behaviors, and a correction procedure following inappropria...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Rasing EJ

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00