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A COMPARISON OF TWO PAIRING PROCEDURES TO ESTABLISH PRAISE AS A REINFORCER
Author(s) -
Dozier Claudia L.,
Iwata Brian A.,
ThomasonSassi Jessica,
Worsdell April S.,
Wilson David M.
Publication year - 2012
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.2012.45-721
Subject(s) - praise , reinforcement , psychology , pairing , stimulus (psychology) , conditioning , developmental psychology , classical conditioning , stimulus control , cognitive psychology , social psychology , audiology , neuroscience , statistics , medicine , mathematics , physics , superconductivity , quantum mechanics , nicotine
Some individuals with intellectual disabilities do not respond to praise as a reinforcer, which may limit their ability to learn. We evaluated 2 procedures (stimulus pairing and response—stimulus pairing), both of which involved pairing previously neutral praise statements with preferred edible items, to determine their usefulness in establishing praise as a reinforcer. Results of Study 1 indicated that stimulus pairing was not effective in conditioning praise as a reinforcer for 3 of 4 subjects; results were inconclusive for the 4th subject. Results of Study 2 indicated that response—stimulus pairing was effective in conditioning praise as a reinforcer for 4 of 8 subjects. After conditioning, praise also increased the occurrence of additional target responses for these 4 subjects.