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EVALUATION OF STIMULUS CONTROL OVER A COMMUNICATION RESPONSE AS AN INTERVENTION FOR STEREOTYPICAL RESPONDING
Author(s) -
Anderson Cynthia M.,
Doughty Shan S.,
Doughty Adam H.,
Williams Dean C.,
Saunders Kathryn J.
Publication year - 2010
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.2010.43-333
Subject(s) - stimulus control , psychology , mand , reinforcement , stimulus (psychology) , punishment (psychology) , developmental psychology , harm , token economy , autism , cognitive psychology , social psychology , neuroscience , nicotine
Stereotypical behavior maintained by automatic reinforcement often does not result in harm but may be undesirable in some situations. In the current investigation, participants were 2 individuals who engaged in nonharmful stereotypical responses shown in an analogue functional analysis to be insensitive to social contingencies. After bringing these responses under stimulus control using differential punishment, both participants learned a mand to terminate punishment for stereotypy. We also assessed whether the mand could be brought under stimulus control.