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A comparison of stimulus set size on tact training for children with autism spectrum disorder
Author(s) -
Kodak Tiffany,
Halbur Mary,
Bergmann Samantha,
Costello Dayna R.,
Benitez Brittany,
Olsen Miranda,
Gorgan Ella,
Cliett Terra
Publication year - 2019
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.553
Subject(s) - tact , stimulus (psychology) , psychology , autism , autism spectrum disorder , audiology , stimulus control , cognitive psychology , developmental psychology , communication , neuroscience , medicine , nicotine
Previous studies on skill acquisition have taught targets in stimulus sets composed of different numbers of stimuli. Although the rationale for selection of a stimulus set size is not clear, the number of target stimuli trained within a set is a treatment decision for which there is limited empirical support. The current investigation compared the efficiency of tact training in 4 stimulus set sizes, each of which included 12 stimuli grouped into (a) 4 sets of 3 stimuli, (b) 3 sets of 4 stimuli, (c) 2 sets of 6 stimuli, and (d) 1 set of 12 stimuli. Results of all 4 participants with autism spectrum disorder show tact training with larger (i.e., 6 and 12) stimulus set sizes was more efficient than training with smaller (i.e., 3 and 4) stimulus set sizes.