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REDUCING AND MEASURING INAPPROPRIATE VERBALIZATIONS IN A TOKEN CLASSROOM 1

Author(s) -

McLaughlin Thomas,

Malaby John

Publication year - 1972

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 - 10.1901/jaba.1972.5-329

Subject(s) - psychology , security token , quiet , token economy , point (geometry) , reliability (semiconductor) , control (management) , class (philosophy) , reinforcement , social psychology , computer science , artificial intelligence , mathematics , computer security , power (physics) , physics , geometry , quantum mechanics

A procedure was employed that enabled a teacher to bring inappropriate verbalizations under control in a classroom of approximately 25 fifth‐ and sixth‐grade students. Contingent point loss for inappropriate verbalizations was correlated with a low but steady rate of such verbalizations. Point gain contingent upon quiet behavior produced a marked decrease in inappropriate verbalizations. A return to contingent point loss was accompanied by an increasing rate of inappropriate verbalizations. Verbalizations decreased when quiet behavior was reinforced again. A noteworthy feature of the study was the utilization of students from within the class to act as data recorders. A reliability check indicated satisfactory agreement between the recorders.

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