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MANDS FOR INFORMATION GENERALIZE ACROSS ESTABLISHING OPERATIONS
Author(s) -
Lechago Sarah A.,
Carr James E.,
Grow Laura L.,
Love Jessa R.,
Almason Season M.
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.2010.43-381
Subject(s) - mand , psychology , autism , generalization , developmental psychology , cognitive psychology , mathematics , mathematical analysis
The current study extends the literature on teaching mands for information by assessing whether mands generalize across different establishing operations (EOs). Three children with autism were taught to perform multiple behavior chains, 3 of which included a common response (e.g., “Where is the spoon?”) used for different purposes. An interrupted‐behavior‐chain procedure was used to contrive the EO for each mand. After teaching a mand for information under 1 EO, the remaining chains were interrupted to determine whether the mand had generalized to different EOs. For all participants, mands for information generalized across EOs. For 2 participants, a new mand‐for‐information topography emerged after training.