Descriptive and experimental analyses of variables maintaining self-injurious behavior.

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 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 examined the effectiveness of several behavioral techniques on compliance of college students taking vitamin C on q.i.d. regimen. Compliance was assessed by a new technique using a variation of the urine tracer procedure designed specifically for this study. Subjects were provided vitamin C tablets, with th...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Epstein LH,Masek BJ

更新日期：1978-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Behavioral measures of food consumption and tasting were combined with nutrient analysis of foods served at a toddler day-care center to determine whether children at the stage of initial exposure to adult diets would accept textured vegetable protein (TVP) and nonfat dry milk as well as they ate other sources of prot...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Herbert-Jackson E,Risley TR

更新日期：1977-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of prior attention was systematically manipulated to study its influence on rates of yelling and head hitting, both maintained by positive reinforcement in the form of attention. Higher levels of head hitting occurred in analogue attention conditions when the person was deprived of attention (no social inte...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： O'Reilly MF

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:THIS ARTICLE REPORTS ON THE PRIMARY STEPS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF PARENT ADVICE FOR POPULAR DISSEMINATION: (a) developing advice for one specific problem situation, family shopping trips; (b) testing the advice program for benefit to children and convenience to adults; and (c) packaging the advice so it can be used succ...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Clark HB,Greene BF,Macrae JW,McNees MP,Davis JL,Risley TR

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many students struggle with statistical concepts such as interaction. In an experimental group, participants took a paper-and-pencil test and then were given training to establish equivalent classes containing four different statistical interactions. All participants formed the equivalence classes and showed maintenan...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Fields L,Travis R,Roy D,Yadlovker E,de Aguiar-Rocha L,Sturmey P

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Results of previous research on the effects of noncontingent reinforcement (NCR) have been inconsistent when magnitude of reinforcement was manipulated. We attempted to clarify the influence of NCR magnitude by including additional controls. In Study 1, we examined the effects of reinforcer consumption time by compari...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Roscoe EM,Iwata BA,Rand MS

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experimental evaluations of behavioral staff management procedures usually have been limited to relatively small-scale demonstration studies. We evaluated a large-scale, long-term application of a staff management program designed to improve the functional utility of educational services for severely handicapped perso...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Parsons MB,Schepis MM,Reid DH,McCarn JE,Green CW

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Meta-analytic methods provide a way to synthesize data across treatment evaluation studies. However, these well-accepted methods are infrequent with behavior analytic studies. Multilevel models may be a promising method to meta-analyze single-case data. This technical article provides a primer for how to conduct a mul...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Becraft JL,Borrero JC,Sun S,McKenzie AA

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thousands of children are injured or killed each year in school bus accidents. A significant number of these tragic incidents is precipitated by disruptive child behavior that distracts the drivers from their difficult task. Two experiments were conducted which addressed this problem. For both experiments an automated...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Greene BF,Bailey JS,Barber F

更新日期：1981-07-01 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：:It is generally agreed that serious misbehavior in children should be replaced with socially appropriate behaviors, but few guidelines exist with respect to choosing replacement behaviors. We address this issue in two experiments. In Experiment 1, we developed an assessment method for identifying situations in which b...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Carr EG,Durand VM

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Researchers have identified an unbalanced diet as a key risk factor in the etiology of many chronic diseases (World Health Organization, ). Although researchers have found that numerous factors influence children's food choices, no assessment exists to identify these factors. In Experiment 1, we established preliminar...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Zonneveld KLM,Neidert PL,Dozier CL,Gureghian DL,Bayles MW

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Delayed reinforcement techniques were applied, in a multiple baseline experimental design, to modify the behavior of a mildly maladjusted sixth-grade child. The following behaviors were chosen for modification: face-touching, posture, and voice-loudness. Videotape recordings were made of the subject's behavior during ...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Schwarz ML,Hawkins RP

更新日期：1970-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study evaluated the effects of prompts and incentives on designated drivers in a bar. We defined the dependent variable as the percentage of customers either functioning as or riding with a designated driver. We used an ABCA design to evaluate the effectiveness of prompts and incentives on the dependent va...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Kazbour RR,Bailey JS

更新日期：2010-07-01 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：: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 role of sensory reinforcement was examined in programming multiple treatment gains in self-stimulation and spontaneous play for developmentally disabled children. Two phases were planned. First, we attempted to identify reinforcers maintaining self-stimulation. Sensory Extinction procedures were implemented in whi...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Rincover A,Cook R,Peoples A,Packard D

更新日期：1979-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Topographically similar verbal responses may be functionally independent forms of operant behavior. For example, saying yes or no may have different functions based on the environmental conditions in effect. The present study extends previous research on both the assessment and acquisition of yes and no responses acro...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Shillingsburg MA,Kelley ME,Roane HS,Kisamore A,Brown MR

更新日期：2009-07-01 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：:Impulsivity and self-control involve a choice between a smaller, more immediate reinforcer and a larger, more delayed reinforcer. Impulsive behavior occurs when responding produces the more immediate, relatively smaller reinforcers at the expense of delayed larger reinforcers. Self-control occurs when responding produ...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Vollmer TR,Borrero JC,Lalli JS,Daniel D

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Systematic reinforcement procedures were used to increase study behavior in the classrooms of three beginning teachers experiencing problems of classroom control. Classroom study rates were recorded during a baseline period. During subsequent experimental periods, the teachers changed one or more reinforcement conting...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Hall RV,Panyan M,Rabon D,Broden M

更新日期：1968-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Differentially higher rates of aggression in treatment sessions occurred in the presence of two staff members who had previously worked with the participant at another facility. Adding an edible reinforcer for compliance and the absence of aggression in sessions conducted by these two staff members decreased aggressio...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Progar PR,North ST,Bruce SS,DiNovi BJ,Nau PA,Eberman EM,Bailey JR Jr,Nussbaum CN

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the effects of behavioral procedures to modify the food choices of preschoolers during a snack period at school (training setting) and at home (generalization setting). In the first experiment, we evaluated the usefulness of nutrition training and a generalization programming strategy of cueing to improve ...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Stark LJ,Collins FL Jr,Osnes PG,Stokes TF

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Descriptive assessment methods have been used in applied settings to identify consequences for problem behavior, thereby aiding in the design of effective treatment programs. Consensus has not been reached, however, regarding the types of data or analytic strategies that are most useful for describing behavior-consequ...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Martens BK,Digennaro FD,Reed DD,Szczech FM,Rosenthal BD

更新日期：2008-04-01 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：:Functional analyses produced inconclusive results regarding variables that maintained problem behavior for 2 students with developmental disabilities. Procedures were modified to include a contingent physical restraint condition based on in-class observations. Results indicated that tinder conditions in which physical...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Magee SK,Ellis J

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study compared the relative efficacy of providing simultaneous or delayed reinforcement on food acceptance during meals. The participant was a 7 year-old boy with pervasive developmental disorder and a history of food selectivity. Results indicated that both procedures were effective in increasing acceptance; how...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Kern L,Marder TJ

更新日期：1996-07-01 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