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DETERMINING INDIVIDUAL PRESCHOOLERS' PREFERENCES IN A GROUP ARRANGEMENT
Author(s) -
Layer Stacy A.,
Hanley Gregory P.,
Heal Nicole A.,
Tiger Jeffrey H.
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.2008.41-25
Subject(s) - psychology , preference , selection (genetic algorithm) , context (archaeology) , group (periodic table) , developmental psychology , probabilistic logic , social psychology , statistics , artificial intelligence , computer science , paleontology , chemistry , mathematics , organic chemistry , biology
This study sought to determine the accuracy of an assessment format in which selection outcomes were delayed and probabilistic; these are unavoidable features of an assessment designed to determine preferences of multiple children simultaneously. During the single arrangement, preference hierarchies were established by having a child repeatedly select from among several foods and by sequentially restricting preferred items from the array. After being taught the associations between colored cards and the same food items, group assessments were conducted with 3 children simultaneously, in which each child chose a card and all children received the food correlated with a randomly selected card from those that had just been selected. The group assessment appeared to be accurate and perhaps more efficient for determining preferences; thus, we posit that this arrangement is suitable for determining context preferences of multiple children simultaneously.