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EFFECTS OF CHOSEN VERSUS ASSIGNED JOBS ON THE WORK PERFORMANCE OF PERSONS WITH SEVERE HANDICAPS
Author(s) -
Parsons Marsha B.,
Reid Dennis H.,
Reynolds Jerry,
Bumgarner Merle
Publication year - 1990
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.1990.23-253
Subject(s) - psychology , work (physics) , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , physical medicine and rehabilitation , medicine , mechanical engineering , engineering
We evaluated the effects of several choice‐related variables on the work performance of adults with severe handicaps. After assessing client work preferences, three choice‐related situations were presented: (a) providing clients with the opportunity to choose a work task, (b) assigning a preferred task, and (c) assigning a nonpreferred task. Results indicated that clients attended to work tasks almost twice as much when they chose their tasks and when assigned to work on preferred tasks versus when assigned to work on nonpreferred tasks. Results are discussed regarding the need to assess systematically the effects of choice‐related variables.