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EFFECTS OF ANTECEDENT VARIABLES ON DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR AND ACCURATE RESPONDING IN YOUNG CHILDREN IN OUTPATIENT SETTINGS
Author(s) -
Boelter Eric W.,
Wacker David P.,
Call Nathan A.,
Ringdahl Joel E.,
Kopelman Todd,
Gardner Andrew W.
Publication year - 2007
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.2007.51-06
Subject(s) - antecedent (behavioral psychology) , psychology , task (project management) , reinforcement , set (abstract data type) , preference , developmental psychology , outpatient clinic , clinical psychology , social psychology , medicine , statistics , management , computer science , economics , programming language , mathematics
The effects of manipulations of task variables on inaccurate responding and disruption were investigated with 3 children who engaged in noncompliance. With 2 children in an outpatient clinic, task directives were first manipulated to identify directives that guided accurate responding; then, additional dimensions of the task were manipulated to evaluate their influence on disruptive behavior. With a 3rd child, similar procedures were employed at school. Results showed one‐step directives set the occasion for accurate responding and that other dimensions of the task (e.g., preference) functioned as motivating operations for negative reinforcement.