Abstract
Functional analysis suggested that the problem behavior of an 8-year-old girl with autism was maintained by escape from demands and access to edible items. Noncontingent delivery of an edible item was sufficient to increase compliance and reduce the rate of problem behavior without the use of escape extinction in a demand context. Leaner and richer schedules of noncontingent reinforcement were equally effective, and there were minimal differences between noncontingent reinforcement and differential reinforcement of compliance.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 435-440 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Journal of applied behavior analysis |
Volume | 41 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Sep 2008 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Autism
- Escape behavior
- Noncontingent reinforcement
- Problem behavior
- Reinforcement density
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Philosophy
- Applied Psychology
- Sociology and Political Science