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AN EVALUATION OF CONTINGENCY STRENGTH AND RESPONSE SUPPRESSION
Author(s) -
Borrero John C.,
Vollmer Timothy R.,
Wright Carrie S.
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.2002.35-337
Subject(s) - reinforcement , aggression , contingency , psychology , developmental psychology , schedule , functional analysis , contingency management , social psychology , clinical psychology , psychiatry , intervention (counseling) , computer science , chemistry , gene , linguistics , philosophy , biochemistry , operating system
Typically, functional analyses of severe problem behavior have been conducted in two ways: (a) The target response is reinforced immediately after it occurs, or (b) the target response is reinforced on some schedule thought to mimic a naturally occurring schedule. We evaluated the effects of contingency strength in reducing levels of problem behavior with 2 participants who had been diagnosed with developmental disabilities. Results showed that under a neutral contingency, one in which the probability of reinforcement for aggression was equal to the probability of reinforcement for the nonoccurrence of aggression, rates of aggression were suppressed to low levels for both participants.