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A PRACTICAL VARIATION OF A MULTIPLE‐SCHEDULE PROCEDURE: BRIEF SCHEDULE‐CORRELATED STIMULI
Author(s) -
Tiger Jeffrey H.,
Hanley Gregory P.,
Larsen Kylie M.
Publication year - 2008
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.2008.41-125
Subject(s) - discriminative model , schedule , psychology , variation (astronomy) , tiger , stimulus control , audiology , communication , developmental psychology , artificial intelligence , neuroscience , computer science , medicine , computer security , physics , astrophysics , nicotine , operating system
Multiple schedules using continuous discriminative stimuli have been used to minimize children's disruptive requesting for teacher attention (e.g., colored floral leis; Tiger & Hanley, 2004; Tiger, Hanley, & Heal, 2006). The present study evaluated the effectiveness of, and children's preferences for, two multiple‐schedule arrangements in which brief experimenter vocalizations served as discriminative stimuli. Results showed that brief signals were highly effective discriminative stimuli for 3 of the 4 children, and that all children preferred one or both variations of the multiple schedule to a control arrangement. For 1 child, highly discriminated responding was achieved only when continuous signals were introduced.