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COLLATERAL EFFECTS OF RESPONSE BLOCKING DURING THE TREATMENT OF STEREOTYPIC BEHAVIOR
Author(s) -
Lerman Dorothea C.,
Kelley Michael E.,
Vorndran Christina M.,
Camp Carole M. Van
Publication year - 2003
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.2003.36-119
Subject(s) - psychology , blocking (statistics) , collateral , developmental psychology , neuroscience , cognitive psychology , clinical psychology , statistics , mathematics , finance , economics
The collateral effects of response blocking were evaluated while treating stereotypic behavior in a woman diagnosed with autism. Blocking stereotypic behavior (head and tooth tapping) was associated with decreases in leisure‐item interaction and increases in another stereotypic response (hand wringing). Results suggested that the reduction in item interaction was due to adventitious punishment. Prompts to access an alternative source of reinforcement attenuated the side effects somewhat, but results suggested that the undesirable effects of response blocking may be fairly durable.