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Parameters of reinforcement and response‐class hierarchies
Author(s) -
Beavers Gracie A.,
Iwata Brian A.,
Gregory Meagan K.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of applied behavior analysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.1
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1938-3703
pISSN - 0021-8855
DOI - 10.1002/jaba.102
Subject(s) - reinforcement , psychology , developmental psychology , hierarchy , audiology , cognitive psychology , social psychology , medicine , economics , market economy
Shabani, Carr, and Petursdottir (2009) examined the effects of a response–response relation (effort) on the development of a response‐class hierarchy using a laboratory model. Response–reinforcer relations may have similar influences. Using a similar translational approach, we examined the effects of reinforcer rate, quality, delay, and magnitude in a series of separate experiments conducted with 8 individuals with intellectual disabilities. Response‐class hierarchies emerged along the dimension of rate for 3 of 6 subjects, quality for 5 of 5 subjects, delay for 2 of 8 subjects, and magnitude for 5 of 6 subjects.