Effects of equal and unequal reinforcer duration during functional analysis.
In the functional analysis described by Iwata, Dorsey, Slifer, Bauman, and Richman (1982/1994), reinforcer duration varied across conditions (e.g., brief attention vs. 30 s of escape); this may result in unequal exposure to the establishing operations for aberrant behavior. In this study, we compar...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis Vol. 29; no. 1; pp. 117 - 121 |
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Society for the Experimental Analysis of Behavior
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| Sumario: | In the functional analysis described by Iwata, Dorsey, Slifer, Bauman, and Richman (1982/1994), reinforcer duration varied across conditions (e.g., brief attention vs. 30 s of escape); this may result in unequal exposure to the establishing operations for aberrant behavior. In this study, we compared the effects of unequal and equal reinforcer duration during a functional analysis. The results showed that reinforcer duration affects the rate of aberrant behavior and may potentially alter functional analysis interpretation. Reprinted by permission of the publisher. |
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