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THE DEVELOPMENT OF INSTRUCTIONAL CONTROL OVER CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES OF DEVIANT PRESCHOOOL CHILDREN 1
Author(s) -
Baer Ann M.,
Rowbury Trudylee,
Baer Donald M.
Publication year - 1973
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.1973.6-289
Subject(s) - timeout , reinforcement , psychology , compliance (psychology) , contingency management , token economy , developmental psychology , contingency , task (project management) , differential (mechanical device) , control (management) , social psychology , intervention (counseling) , computer science , psychiatry , artificial intelligence , computer network , linguistics , philosophy , management , economics , aerospace engineering , engineering
Differential reinforcement of compliance with teacher invitations to complete a specific academic task was applied to three extremely negativistic children in a special preschool class. For each child, this technique resulted in clear and useful increases in compliance as it was applied. In addition, the technique produced a greater diversity of sampling the available tasks by all children, enabling them to contact instructional materials they had previously avoided. The reinforcement system, contingent access to free playtime, materials, and a snack, mediated by a token, was thus demonstrated to be an effective contingency. In the case of two children whose compliance was not maximized by differential reinforcement alone, further increases in compliance were produced by combining a 1‐min timeout for noncompliance with the differential reinforcement procedure.