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The effect of rules on differential reinforcement of other behavior
Author(s) -
Watts Amanda C.,
Wilder David A.,
Gregory Meagan K.,
Leon Yanerys,
Ditzian Kyle
Publication year - 2013
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.53
Subject(s) - differential reinforcement , reinforcement , psychology , contingency , contingency management , intervention (counseling) , developmental psychology , cognitive psychology , social psychology , psychiatry , linguistics , philosophy
Previous research on the treatment of problem behavior has shown differential reinforcement of other behavior (DRO) to be an effective behavior‐reduction procedure. However, the extent to which presession descriptions of the DRO contingency enhance intervention effects has not been examined. In the current study, we compared a condition in which a presession rule that described the DRO contingency was given to a condition in which no rule was given for 4 participants. The target behavior was toy play, which served as an analogue to problem behavior maintained by automatic reinforcement. Results showed that DRO was more efficient for 1 participant and more effective for 2 participants when a rule was given.