Evaluation and training of yes-no responding across verbal operants.

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：:The effect of an instructional package on public-speaking behaviors was analyzed in two experiments. The instructional package was designed to teach public-speaking trainees to look at the audience, make gestures, and perform a number of speaking behaviors. The results of Experiment I, with a university student servin...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Fawcett SB,Miller LK

更新日期：1975-07-01 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：:Self-restraint and self-injurious behavior (SIB) are two responses that can sometimes be members of the same functional response class (i.e., maintained by the same contingency). In such cases, a single treatment should be effective for both responses. In this investigation, we examined the effects of providing attent...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Derby KM,Fisher WW,Piazza CC

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of a sequence of three single-digit (1 digit x 1 digit) multiplication problems on the latency to initiate multiple-digit (3 digit x 3 digit) multiplication problems for 2 students in an alternative education school. Data showed that (a) during the preference assess...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Belfiore PJ,Lee DL,Vargas AU,Skinner CH

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study reduced the disruptive behaviors of students in two elementary physical education classes: a regular fourth-grade class comprised of 30 students and an alternative education class containing 14 fourth- and fifth-grade boys with severe behavior problems. Using a multiple baseline design, we introduced a modi...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： White AG,Bailey JS

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A mathematical model of operant choice, the generalized matching law was used to analyze play-calling data from the 2004 National Football League season. In all analyses, the relative ratio of passing to rushing plays was examined as a function of the relative ratio of reinforcement, defined as yards gained, from pass...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Reed DD,Critchfield TS,Martens BK

更新日期：2006-10-01 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：: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：:This study assessed the effects of a contingency management (CM) intervention for alcohol consumption in 10 alcohol-dependent participants. An ABCA design was used. Vouchers were provided contingent on results of ethyl glucuronide (EtG) urine tests (an alcohol biomarker with a 2-day detection period) and alcohol breat...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： McDonell MG,Howell DN,McPherson S,Cameron JM,Srebnik D,Roll JM,Ries RK

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An assessment instrument is presented for the evaluation of the quantity and quality of dyadic interaction, as well as for the daily recording of behaviors presented and omitted which influence marital satisfaction. Comparison of data from ten happy couples and from ten couples entering therapy indicated two distinct ...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Williams AM

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The procedures described by Sloman et al. (2005) were extended to an analysis of teachers' responses to problem behavior after they had been taught to withhold potential sources of positive and negative reinforcement following instances of problem behavior. Results were consistent with those reported previously, sugge...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Addison L,Lerman DC

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A functional analysis indicated that chronic eye poking exhibited by a woman with profound mental retardation persisted in the absence of social contingencies. We initiated a procedure in which a therapist delivered a punisher (mild reprimand) contingent on eye poking in the presence, but not the absence, of a neutral...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： McKenzie SD,Smith RG,Simmons JN,Soderlund MJ

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted a stimulus preference assessment to identify preference for praise delivered in English versus Spanish for bilingual students. Next, a concurrent-operant reinforcer assessment was used to evaluate the reinforcer efficacy of praise in each language. Participants showed limited to no preference for one lang...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Clay CJ,Bloom SE,Slocum TA,Samaha AL,Callard CH

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using a BAB design, a token system requiring cooperative interaction was used to change the reading and vocabulary performance of an 18-member class of third-grade hyperactive boys. Four different colored tokens, which could be exchanged for 15 minutes of play on electrovideo games, were earned by successful completio...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Robinson PW,Newby TJ,Ganzell SL

更新日期：1981-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The good behavior game (GBG) is a classwide group contingency that involves dividing the class into two teams, creating simple rules, and arranging contingencies for breaking or following those rules. Five kindergarten teachers and classrooms participated in this evaluation of the GBG. Disruptive behavior markedly dec...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Donaldson JM,Vollmer TR,Krous T,Downs S,Berard KP

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of a graduated prompting treatment procedure were analyzed in three phases of an experiment on the training and generalization of reaching-grasp responding in 2- to 4-year-old blind, severely or profoundly retarded children. In Phase 1, we used a multiple-baseline across-subjects design to investigate the ...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Correa VI,Poulson CL,Salzberg CL

更新日期：1984-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Independent descriptive (correlational) and functional (experimental) analyses were conducted to determine the extent to which the two methods would yield data supporting similar conclusions about variables maintaining the self-injurious behavior (SIB) of 6 subjects. For the descriptive analyses, subjects were observe...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Lerman DC,Iwata BA

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Subjects were asked to read a passage orally and then to answer questions about the passage. When praise and pennies were given for correct answers, the percentage of correct answers increased in two sixth-grade subjects whose reading for comprehension was tested to be 2 yr below grade level. The behavior of these sub...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Lahey BB,McNees MP,Brown CC

更新日期：1973-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Instructive feedback (IF) is a modification to discrete trial instruction that may increase instructional efficiency for individuals with autism spectrum disorder. Several variations of IF have recently been evaluated in the literature; however, few studies have assessed the effectiveness and efficiency of presenting ...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Nottingham CL,Vladescu JC,DeBar RM,Deshais M,DeQuinzio J

更新日期：2020-09-01 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：:Data are presented which indicate that lever-pressing behavior of a profoundly retarded child could be reinforced by the contingent application of vibratory stimulation for each response. With vibration available 24 hr per day, no decrement in daily rate of responding for vibration was seen over a three-week period. S...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Bailey J,Meyerson L

更新日期：1969-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the effects of tact training on the emergence of categorization and listener behavior using a nonconcurrent multiple baseline design across 2 children with autism. Participants learned to tact the category name of 9 pictures that belonged to 3 different categories. We assessed whether participants accurat...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Miguel CF,Kobari-Wright VV

更新日期：2013-10-01 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：:This study evaluated the efficacy of a personalized system of instruction to teach checking account skills to persons with mild disabilities. Using a self-paced manual, 8 participants in two groups were taught to write checks, complete deposit slips, and reconcile monthly bank statements. Four participants were assess...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Zencius AH,Davis PK,Cuvo AJ

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A child watching an excessive amount of T.V. was provided a behavioral program featuring a token-actuated timer. Earned tokens were used to activate the T.V. for thirty-minute periods. The token-exchange system effectively reduced T.V. viewing and the reductions were maintained at two follow-up points. The principal c...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Jason LA

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a simulated casino environment, 6 nonpathological women played concurrently available commercial slot machines programmed to pay out at different rates. Participants did not always demonstrate preferences for the higher paying machine. The data suggest that factors other than programmed or obtained rate of reinforc...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Weatherly JN,Thompson BJ,Hodny M,Meier E

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Identification of reinforcers for individuals with developmental disabilities is often based on the outcome of preference assessments in which participants make selections from among a variety of items. We determined the extent to which individuals might show a general preference for food items over leisure items duri...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： DeLeon IG,Iwata BA,Roscoe EM

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study evaluated the effects of instructive feedback embedded within a group discrete trial teaching to teach tact relations to nine children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder using a nonconcurrent multiple-baseline design. Dependent variables included correct responses for: primary targets (directly ...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Leaf JB,Cihon JH,Alcalay A,Mitchell E,Townley-Cochran D,Miller K,Leaf R,Taubman M,McEachin J

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two studies demonstrated a functional relationship between a peer modeling procedure and the treatment of feeding disorders with 2 young children. In the first experiment, the use of a peer model treatment package was shown to induce swallowing in a child with dysphagia who had never swallowed food or liquid. In the s...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Greer RD,Dorow L,Williams G,McCorkle N,Asnes R

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00