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THE EFFECTS OF SEQUENTIAL PICTORIAL CUES, SELF‐RECORDING, AND PRAISE ON THE JOB TASK SEQUENCING OF RETARDED ADULTS
Author(s) -
Connis Richard T.
Publication year - 1979
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.1979.12-355
Subject(s) - praise , psychology , task (project management) , mentally retarded , developmental psychology , reinforcement , cognitive psychology , job interview , social psychology , management , economics
The present study investigated the effects of a self‐recording procedure using sequentially organized picture cues on independent task changes of four mentally retarded adults. Independent task changes were identified as the beginning of new tasks without directives or instruction. In addition to investigating treatment effects, the long‐term maintenance of the task‐change behavior was measured. During self‐recording and picture‐cue training, the subjects completed an increased proportion of independent task changes, and this behavior was maintained for more than 10 wk following removal of the training procedures. Self‐recording using picture cues was shown to be an effective procedure for teaching mentally retarded adults to function more independently in a job setting.