Abstract
The choice-making behavior of 2 typically developing children who engaged in problem behavior maintained by negative reinforcement was evaluated within a concurrent-operants assessment that varied the quality of attention across free-play and demand conditions. The results demonstrated that it was possible to bias responding towards academic demands for both participants by providing high-quality attention, despite the continuous availability of negative reinforcement. The current study extended brief clinical methods with typically developing children and demonstrated how different qualities of attention provided across concurrent schedules could bias responding.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 343-348 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis |
Volume | 42 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jun 2009 |
Keywords
- Brief experimental analysis
- Concurrent operants
- Establishing operations
- Noncompliance
- Quality of attention
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Philosophy
- Applied Psychology
- Sociology and Political Science