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An examination of response covariation in the behavioral treatment of identical twin boys with multiple behavioral disorders
Author(s) -
Soutor Todd A.,
Houlihan Daniel,
Young April
Publication year - 1994
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/bin.2360090302
Subject(s) - reinforcement , compliance (psychology) , psychology , autism , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , contingency management , contingency , functional analysis , collateral , psychiatry , social psychology , intervention (counseling) , linguistics , philosophy , biochemistry , chemistry , finance , economics , gene
This study examined the response covariation phenomenon in the behavioral treatment of a noncompliant, nonattentive child with autism in a school setting. The treatment consisted of reinforcement for compliance and attention. Results showed that the reinforcement of compliance was associated with increased levels of compliance, attending, and directed verbalizations. Sequential scatterplot data analysis suggested that compliance and attending directly covaried as a function of the reinforcement for compliance contingency. The results of this multiple treatment study suggests that reinforcement of compliance had the broadest positive effect for the subject since positive collateral changes were observed in attending and directed verbalizations when compliance was reinforced.