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Interpreting functional analysis results using the real‐time recording of independent and dependent variables
Author(s) -
Carr James E.,
Hatfield David B.,
Austin Jennifer L.,
Bailey Jon S.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
behavioral interventions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.605
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1099-078X
pISSN - 1072-0847
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1099-078x(199802)13:1<61::aid-bin4>3.0.co;2-2
Subject(s) - psychology , developmental psychology , context (archaeology) , psychosis , functional analysis , test (biology) , audiology , clinical psychology , psychiatry , medicine , paleontology , biology , biochemistry , chemistry , gene
An extended series of functional analysis conditions were conducted to assess the operant function of aggressive behaviors emitted by a 33‐year‐old female with diagnoses of severe mental retardation and organic psychosis. Results from the primary test conditions were fairly undifferentiated, but response rates were elevated in the control condition. Independent‐variable integrity data from the control condition indicated that aggressive behaviors were nearly always contiguous with the fixed‐time delivery of experimenter attention. These results are discussed in the context of the current control condition functioning as a possible test for escape from social interaction. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.