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THE EFFECTS OF SIGNALING STIMULUS PRESENTATION DURING NONCONTINGENT REINFORCEMENT
Author(s) -
Gouboth Djimir,
Wilder David A.,
Booher John
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.2007.725-730
Subject(s) - reinforcement , stimulus (psychology) , psychology , timer , schedule , prosocial behavior , developmental psychology , audiology , neuroscience , cognitive psychology , social psychology , medicine , computer science , computer hardware , operating system , microcontroller
The effects of signaling the return of items or attention during treatment with noncontingent reinforcement were examined. First, functional analyses showed that the problem behavior exhibited by 2 teenagers with developmental disabilities was sensitive to social positive reinforcement. Next, delivery of the stimulus that maintained problem behavior on a fixed‐time (FT) schedule was compared to a condition in which the removal of the stimulus during the same FT schedule was immediately preceded by a statement indicating that the stimulus would be returned and the initiation of a digital timer. Results show that the FT schedule reduced problem behavior, and the addition of an informative statement and a timer further decreased problem behavior.