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DISCRETE‐TRIAL TRAINING FOR AUTISTIC CHILDREN WHEN REWARD IS DELAYED: A COMPARISON OF CONDITIONED CUE VALUE AND RESPONSE MARKING
Author(s) -
Grindle Corinna F.,
Remington Bob
Publication year - 2002
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.2002.35-187
Subject(s) - psychology , reinforcement , autism , stimulus (psychology) , stimulus control , audiology , developmental psychology , cognitive psychology , neuroscience , social psychology , medicine , nicotine
Three children with autism were taught to identify pictures of objects. Their speed of acquisition of receptive speech skills was compared across two conditions. In the cue‐value condition, a compound audiovisual stimulus was presented after correct responses and again when a primary reinforcer was delivered after a 5‐s delay; in the response‐marking condition, a second stimulus was presented after both correct and incorrect responses, but not prior to the primary reinforcer. In both conditions primary reinforcement was delayed for 5 s. Although the children learned receptive speech skills in both conditions, acquisition was faster in the cue‐value condition.