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Variables related to the effectiveness of response cost
Author(s) -
Pace Denise M.,
Forman Susan G.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
psychology in the schools
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.738
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1520-6807
pISSN - 0033-3085
DOI - 10.1002/1520-6807(198207)19:3<365::aid-pits2310190317>3.0.co;2-t
Subject(s) - reinforcement , psychology , discriminative model , behavior change , cost effectiveness , degree (music) , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , statistics , social psychology , mathematics , artificial intelligence , computer science , physics , acoustics
Students in four second‐grade classes exhibiting disruptive behavior were exposed to response cost programs with varying initial reinforcement and fine levels. Results indicated that all treatments were highly effective, as all groups underwent maximum behavioral change, with the target behaviors approaching a near‐zero level. Thus, the degree of aversiveness of the procedure did not appear to be strongly related to effectiveness. Results are explained in terms of the discriminative properties of response cost.