Abstract
The effects of manipulations of task variables on inaccurate responding and disruption were investigated with 3 children who engaged in noncompliance. With 2 children in an outpatient clinic, task directives were first manipulated to identify directives that guided accurate responding; then, additional dimensions of the task were manipulated to evaluate their influence on disruptive behavior. With a 3rd child, similar procedures were employed at school. Results showed one-step directives set the occasion for accurate responding and that other dimensions of the task (e.g., preference) functioned as motivating operations for negative reinforcement.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 321-326 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis |
Volume | 40 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jun 2007 |
Keywords
- Brief experimental analysis
- Discriminative stimuli
- Motivating operations
- Noncompliance
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Philosophy
- Sociology and Political Science
- Applied Psychology