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Comparing Response Frequency and Response Effort in Reinforcer Assessments with Children with Autism

Reinforcer assessments have largely relied on the use of progressive ratio (PR) schedules to identify stimuli that function as reinforcers. PR schedules evaluate the reinforcing efficacy of a stimulus by measuring the number of responses produced in order to access a stimulus as the number of required responses increases. The current evaluation extends the literature on reinforcer assessments by measuring responding under a progressive force (PF) schedule, in addition to progressive ratio requirements. We compared responding under PR and PF schedules with two children with autism using a multielement design embedded within a reversal experimental design. Results were mixed and implications for further development of reinforcer assessment methods (particularly PF schedules) are discussed.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc849638
Date05 1900
CreatorsLitvin, Melanie A.
ContributorsToussaint, Karen A., Pinkston, Jonathan W., Ingvarsson, Einar Thor
PublisherUniversity of North Texas
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
Formatv, 48 pages : illustrations, Text
RightsPublic, Litvin, Melanie A., Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights Reserved.

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