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THE EFFECTS OF A HIGH‐PROBABILITY INSTRUCTION SEQUENCE AND RESPONSE‐INDEPENDENT REINFORCER DELIVERY ON CHILD COMPLIANCE
Author(s) -
Bullock Chrystin,
Normand Matthew P.
Publication year - 2006
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.2006.115-05
Subject(s) - reinforcement , compliance (psychology) , psychology , developmental psychology , social psychology
We compared the effects of a high‐probability (high‐ p ) instruction sequence and a fixed‐time (FT) schedule of reinforcement on the compliance of 2 typically developing children. A multielement experimental design with a reversal component was implemented according to a multiple baseline across participants arrangement. Both the high‐ p and FT conditions resulted in increased compliance for both participants during the multielement sessions. These results suggest that it may be possible to increase compliance without a response requirement of the type arranged in the high‐ p instruction sequence.