Comparing the reinforcing efficacy of tokens and primary reinforcers.

abstract：:Transitions from one activity to another may evoke problem behavior from individuals with intellectual disabilities. One explanation for the occurrence of problem behavior could be the change in relative densities of reinforcement between the two activities. We conducted a descriptive assessment of problem behavior wi...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Castillo MI,Clark DR,Schaller EA,Donaldson JM,DeLeon IG,Kahng S

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Behavioral assessment procedures were used to determine the maintaining conditions of self-injury exhibited by 2 children with severe multiple handicaps. For both children, negative reinforcement (escape from grooming activities) was determined to be the maintaining reinforcer for self-injury (hand/arm biting) within ...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Steege MW,Wacker DP,Cigrand KC,Berg WK,Novak CG,Reimers TM,Sasso GM,DeRaad A

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In most social evaluation research it is difficult to achieve the degree of experimental rigor possible in an applied behavioral study. This study illustrates how the evaluation researcher can increase experimental rigor in the analysis of social interventions. In the first evaluation, a variation of the time-series d...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Schnelle JF,Kirchner RE,McNees MP,Lawler JM

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An important skill for behavior analysts is creating graphs that clearly convey outcomes and conform to publication conventions. GraphPad Prism is software designed for creating scientific graphs, but no prior research has empirically evaluated training graphing skills using Prism. Two effective training methods are e...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Berkman SJ,Roscoe EM,Bourret JC

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the influence of derived rules on roulette betting. Twelve college students selected between red and black bets on a roulette wheel in a pretest, then participated in a relational training procedure that established functions of more than for the color bet least often and less than for the color bet more f...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Whiting SW,Dixon MR

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Behavior analysts and educators often recommend using praise, particularly descriptive praise, despite mixed empirical findings to support this recommendation. We evaluated the effectiveness of praise as a reinforcer during a reinforcer assessment using known tasks with preschoolers in Experiment 1. Praise functioned ...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Senn LP,Bayles MW,Bruzek JL

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of a training procedure and two maintenance contingencies on consequence-dispensing behavior were investigated. Four peer behavior managers were trained to supervise small groups of subjects (four to six per group) working in programmed math materials and were compared with a teacher skilled in the use of ...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Greenwood CR,Sloane HN,Baskin A

更新日期：1974-04-01 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：:The functional control of problem behavior is generally conceptualized as involving attention, escape, sensory reinforcement, and tangible factors. Our analytic tools have now reached a level of sophistication that makes possible consideration of several new, emerging themes in the area of functional analysis. First, ...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Carr EG

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Shoplifting is one of the most frequent crimes in the United States, yet there is no agreement about effective prevention procedures. Since most prevention strategies are aimed at either increasing public awareness of the severity of the consequences or increasing the threat of detection, procedures that contain these...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： McNees MP,Egli DS,Marshall RS,Schnelle JF,Risley TR

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study assessed the impact of choice making on the serious problem behaviors of 3 students with severe autism and/or mental retardation. In the context of within-subject reversal designs, the results showed consistently reduced levels of problem behaviors (e.g., aggression) when the students were given opportuniti...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Dyer K,Dunlap G,Winterling V

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated a commonly used component of brief time-out, in which release from time-out is delayed contingent on the occurrence of disruption. Data were collected for one normal and two mentally retarded children on time-out-producing behaviors (aggression and disruption) as well as delay-producing behaviors during t...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Mace FC,Page TJ,Ivancic MT,O'Brien S

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When responses function to produce the same reinforcer, a response class exists. Researchers have examined response classes in applied settings; however, the challenges associated with conducting applied research on response class development have recently necessitated the development of an analogue response class mod...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Mendres AE,Borrero JC

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the efficacy of an instructional procedure to teach young children with autism to evacuate settings and notify an adult during a fire alarm. A multiple baseline design across children showed that an intervention that included modeling, rehearsal, and praise was effective in teaching fire safety skills. Sa...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Garcia D,Dukes C,Brady MP,Scott J,Wilson CL

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

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：:We conducted a brief functional analysis to identify maintaining variable for aggressive behavior and an alternative replacement response during a 90-min outpatient evaluation of 3 individuals with severe handicaps. During the initial analogue assessment, which focused on identifying maintaining contingencies for aggr...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Northup J,Wacker D,Sasso G,Steege M,Cigrand K,Cook J,DeRaad A

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reinforcement contingencies and social reinforcement are ubiquitous phenomena in applied behavior analysis. This discussion paper is divided into two sections. In the first section, reinforcement contingencies are discussed in terms of the necessary and sufficient conditions for reinforcement effects. Response-stimulu...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Vollmer TR,Hackenberg TD

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the effects of delayed reinforcement on the responding of individuals with intellectual disabilities. Three conditions were evaluated: (a) food reinforcement, (b) token reinforcement with a postsession exchange opportunity, and (c) token reinforcement with a posttrial exchange opportunity. Within each cond...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Leon Y,Borrero JC,DeLeon IG

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The properties of operant reinforcers are dynamic and dependent on a number of variables, such as schedule and effort. There has been sparse research on the generalized conditioned properties of token reinforcement. We evaluated leisure items, edible items, and tokens using a progressive ratio schedule with three chil...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Russell D,Ingvarsson ET,Haggar JL,Jessel J

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We developed and empirically evaluated an instructional program to teach self-advocacy skills to eight young adults with mild handicaps. Participants were taught to discriminate whether or not possible violations of legal rights occurred in socially validated scenarios and, if so, to role-play how to redress rights vi...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Sievert AL,Cuvo AJ,Davis PK

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three supervisors of integrated preschools were trained in a collaborative team approach to encourage resource and classroom teachers to develop strategies that promote peer interaction of all children, including children with disabilities. The focus of classroom teachers' behaviors and the interactive play of childre...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Hundert J,Hopkins B

更新日期：1992-07-01 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：:Rumination is a serious problem demonstrated by some people with developmental disabilities, but previous research has not included a functional analysis and has rarely compared intervention methods during the assessment process. We conducted functional analyses with 2 children who displayed postmeal rumination and su...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Lyons EA,Rue HC,Luiselli JK,DiGennaro FD

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Some readers will view the article by Lerman and Vorndran as controversial. It is a review of existing basic and applied research on punishment and a call for additional research on punishment. The thesis of my commentary is that the paper should not be viewed as controversial. Punishment happens. To ignore a natural ...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Vollmer TR

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite its advantages, discrete-trial instruction (DTI) has been criticized for producing rote responding. Although there is little research supporting this claim, if true, this may be problematic given the propensity of children with autism to engage in restricted and repetitive behavior. One feature that is common ...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Peterson SP,Rodriguez NM,Pawich TL

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fixed momentary schedules of differential reinforcement of other behavior (FM DRO) generally have been ineffective as treatment for problem behavior. Because most early research on FM DRO included presentation of a signal at the end of the DRO interval, it is unclear whether the limited effects of FM DRO were due to (...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Hammond JL,Iwata BA,Fritz JN,Dempsey CM

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the efficacy of pictorial self-management to teach daily living skills to 3 low-functioning children with autism. Stimulus and response generalization, stimulus control of self-management materials, and maintenance of behavior change were also assessed. Results showed that children with autism could su...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Pierce KL,Schreibman L

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A conventional litter receptacle (55-gallon drum) and a specially designated receptacle consisting of a 55-gallon drum adorned with a plywood "har" were alternated in two areas of a football stadium over a period of four games. A frequency count of several types of litter articles showed that more than twice as many i...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： O'Neill GW,Blanck LS,Joyner MA

更新日期：1980-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Individuals may prefer contexts with the option to choose between 2 reinforcing stimuli or between 2 tasks relative to contexts in which others select the same events. We evaluated children's preferences for conditions characterized by (a) the opportunity to choose between tasks and (b) the opportunity to choose betwe...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Fenerty KA,Tiger JH

更新日期：2010-10-01 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