MANDS FOR INFORMATION GENERALIZE ACROSS ESTABLISHING OPERATIONS

The current study extends the literature on teaching mands for information by assessing whether mands generalize across different establishing operations (EOs). Three children with autism were taught to perform multiple behavior chains, 3 of which included a common response (e.g., “Where is the spoo...

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Published in:Journal of applied behavior analysis 2010-09, Vol.43 (3), p.381-395
Main Authors: Lechago, Sarah A., Carr, James E., Grow, Laura L., Love, Jessa R., Almason, Season M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Autism
Autistic children
Autistic Disorder - psychology
behavior chains
Behavior Problems
Behavior therapy. Cognitive therapy
Biological and medical sciences
Child
Child Behavior
Child Behavior - psychology
Child clinical studies
Child, Preschool
Clinical medicine
Developmental Disabilities
Developmental disorders
establishing operations
Experiments
Feedback (Response)
Generalization
Generalization, Psychological
Humans
Individual Needs
Infantile autism
Male
Males
mands
Medical sciences
Object Permanence
Program Effectiveness
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Rating Scales
Stimulus Generalization
Teaching
Teaching - methods
Topography
Treatments
Verbal Communication
Verbal Stimuli
Young Children
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Summary:The current study extends the literature on teaching mands for information by assessing whether mands generalize across different establishing operations (EOs). Three children with autism were taught to perform multiple behavior chains, 3 of which included a common response (e.g., “Where is the spoon?”) used for different purposes. An interrupted‐behavior‐chain procedure was used to contrive the EO for each mand. After teaching a mand for information under 1 EO, the remaining chains were interrupted to determine whether the mand had generalized to different EOs. For all participants, mands for information generalized across EOs. For 2 participants, a new mand‐for‐information topography emerged after training.
ISSN:0021-8855
1938-3703
DOI:10.1901/jaba.2010.43-381