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EVALUATING THE SEPARATE AND COMBINED EFFECTS OF POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE REINFORCEMENT ON TASK COMPLIANCE
Author(s) -
Bouxsein Kelly J.,
Roane Henry S.,
Harper Tara
Publication year - 2011
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.2011.44-175
Subject(s) - reinforcement , psychology , compliance (psychology) , task (project management) , developmental psychology , cognitive psychology , clinical psychology , social psychology , management , economics
Positive and negative reinforcement are effective for treating escape‐maintained destructive behavior. The current study evaluated the separate and combined effects of these contingencies to increase task compliance. Results showed that a combination of positive and negative reinforcement was most effective for increasing compliance.