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PEER REINFORCEMENT CONTROL OF CLASSROOM PROBLEM BEHAVIOR 1
Author(s) -
Solomon Robert W.,
Wahler Robert G.
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.1973.6-49
Subject(s) - reinforcement , psychology , multiple baseline design , stimulus control , developmental psychology , peer group , baseline (sea) , social psychology , intervention (counseling) , psychiatry , oceanography , geology , nicotine
Peer and teacher interactions with five “disruptive” children were studied in an elementary school classroom. The intent of the study was to analyze experimentally peer reinforcement control of the disruptive children's problem behaviors. Social attention provided by all peers was found to be directed exclusively to the problem behaviors during baseline. Following baseline, several manipulations of selected peer social attention demonstrated the reinforcement function of this stimulus class.