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AN EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS OF NEGATIVE REINFORCEMENT CONTINGENCIES FOR ADULT‐DELIVERED REPRIMANDS
Author(s) -
Miller Jonathan R.,
Lerman Dorothea C.,
Fritz Jennifer N.
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.2010.43-769
Subject(s) - reinforcement , psychology , developmental psychology , extinction (optical mineralogy) , social psychology , clinical psychology , biology , paleontology
Seven adults participated in simulated teaching sessions with an experimenter who role played as a student with developmental disabilities. The experimenter engaged in problem behavior and either (a) terminated problem behavior contingent on participant reprimands (negative reinforcement) or (b) did not terminate problem behavior contingent on reprimands (extinction). Results suggested that reprimands were sensitive to negative reinforcement in the form of the immediate cessation of problem behavior. These preliminary findings support role play as a potentially viable laboratory model for analyzing behaviors of typical adults.