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EXAMINATION OF AMBIGUOUS STIMULUS PREFERENCES WITH DURATION‐BASED MEASURES
Author(s) -
DeLeon Iser G.,
Iwata Brian A.,
Conners Juliet,
Wallace Michele D.
Publication year - 1999
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.1999.32-111
Subject(s) - psychology , reinforcement , stimulus (psychology) , duration (music) , audiology , preference , developmental psychology , cognitive psychology , social psychology , clinical psychology , statistics , medicine , art , literature , mathematics
Items that produced ambiguous results in an approach‐based preference assessment were reassessed using a duration‐based assessment. The reinforcing effects of three items on free‐operant responding were subsequently tested. The results suggested that the duration‐based assessment produced slightly more differentiated results and that predictions about reinforcer value, based on this assessment, were accurate.