We manipulated delay and magnitude of reinforcers in two concurrent schedules of reinforcement to decrease a prevalent behavior while increasing another behavior already in the participant's repertoire. The first experiment manipulated delay, implementing a five second delay between the behavior and delivery of reinforcement for a behavior targeted for decrease while no delay was implemented after the behavior targeted for increase. The second experiment manipulated magnitude, providing one piece of food for the behavior targeted for decrease while two pieces of food were provided for the behavior targeted for increase. The experiments used an ABAB reversal design. Results suggest that behavior can be decreased without the use of extinction when contingencies favor the desirable behavior.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc1062900 |
| Date | 12 1900 |
| Creators | Palmer, Ashlyn |
| Contributors | Rosales-Ruiz, Jesus, Ala'i-Rosales, Shahla, Vaidya, Manish |
| Publisher | University of North Texas |
| Source Sets | University of North Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | iv, 27 pages, Text |
| Rights | Public, Palmer, Ashlyn, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights Reserved. |
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