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EVALUATION OF RESPONSE BLOCKING AND RE‐PRESENTATION IN A COMPETING STIMULUS ASSESSMENT
Author(s) -
Jennett Heather,
Jann Kathryn,
Hagopian Louis P.
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.2011.44-925
Subject(s) - reinforcement , stimulus (psychology) , psychology , blocking effect , stimulus control , blocking (statistics) , cognitive psychology , neuroscience , developmental psychology , social psychology , computer science , nicotine , computer network
Competing stimulus assessments (CSA) have been used to identify stimuli that are associated with reduced levels of problem behavior, presumably as a function of reinforcer competition. Following a standard CSA in which stimuli simply were made available, 2 more CSAs were conducted with additional components designed to enhance reinforcer competition: representation of stimuli and response blocking for self‐injury. The results obtained from each CSA were validated in an extended treatment analysis. The study illustrates how the effects of additional components designed to enhance reinforcer competition can be evaluated efficiently in the context of a CSA.