Using a choice assessment to predict reinforcer effectiveness.

Abstract:

:A choice assessment has been found to be a more accurate method of identifying preferences than is single-item presentation. However, it is not clear whether the effectiveness of reinforcement varies positively with the degree of preference (i.e., whether the relative preference based on the results of a choice assessment predicts relative reinforcer effectiveness). In the current study, we attempted to address this question by categorizing stimuli as high, middle, and low preference based on the results of a choice assessment, and then comparing the reinforcing effectiveness of these stimuli using a concurrent operants paradigm. High-preference stimuli consistently functioned as reinforcers for all 4 clients. Middle-preference stimuli functioned as reinforcers for 2 clients, but only when compared with low-preference stimuli. Low-preference stimuli did not function as reinforcers when compared to high- and middle-preference stimuli. These results suggest that a choice assessment can be used to predict the relative reinforcing value of various stimuli, which, in turn, may help to improve programs for clients with severe to profound disabilities.

journal_name

J Appl Behav Anal

authors

Piazza CC,Fisher WW,Hagopian LP,Bowman LG,Toole L

doi

10.1901/jaba.1996.29-1

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1996-04-01 00:00:00

pages

1-9

issue

1

eissn

0021-8855

issn

1938-3703

journal_volume

29

pub_type

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