DEVELOPING STIMULUS CONTROL OF THE HIGH-RATE SOCIAL-APPROACH RESPONSES OF AN ADULT WITH MENTAL RETARDATION: A MULTIPLE-SCHEDULE EVALUATION

We evaluated a multiple schedule in which the extinction (S‐) components were signaled overtly by a black lanyard and the reinforcement (S+) components were not correlated with any programmed stimuli in developing stimulus control over the high‐rate social‐approach responses of an adult with mental...

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Published in:Journal of applied behavior analysis 2010, Vol.43 (2), p.285-289
Main Authors: Grow, Laura L., LeBlanc, Linda A., Carr, James E.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Adults
Agreements
Behavior Problems
Caregivers
Change Agents
Correlation
Daily Living Skills
Discrimination Learning
Evaluation Methods
Extinction, Psychological
Feedback (Response)
Games
Group Homes
Humans
Intellectual disabilities
Intellectual Disability
Intellectual Disability - psychology
Male
Mental Retardation
multiple schedules
Positive Reinforcement
Preschool children
Rating Scales
Reinforcement
Reinforcement Schedule
Schedules
Sheltered Workshops
Social Behavior
social-approach responses
Stimuli
stimulus control
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Summary:We evaluated a multiple schedule in which the extinction (S‐) components were signaled overtly by a black lanyard and the reinforcement (S+) components were not correlated with any programmed stimuli in developing stimulus control over the high‐rate social‐approach responses of an adult with mental retardation. Responding was consistently low in the presence of the S‐ and consistently high when the lanyard was absent (i.e., the S+ condition). Component durations were thinned successfully to a level that was manageable for caregivers.
ISSN:0021-8855
1938-3703
DOI:10.1901/jaba.2010.43-285