Fifteen hospitalized adolescents were used as subjects. An individually consequated token economy was in effect during baseline. Measures were taken of work output, attending behavior, and disruptive behavior. During the treatment phase, reinforcement was contingent upon the performance of a randomly selected subgroup. Following the treatment phase, the individual token system was reinstated for baseline-2 measures. The mean performance of the group during baseline was compared to performance under treatment conditions for work output and attending behaviors. In addition, performance of the contingent subgroup was compared to performance of the non-contingent group. No significant t values were obtained. With failure to obtain significant t values, the null hypothesis was not rejected, i.e., the two conditions were not proven significantly different.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc663100 |
| Date | 05 1900 |
| Creators | Flynn, Michael Howard |
| Contributors | Haynes, Jack Read, Aronson, Harriet |
| Publisher | North Texas State University |
| Source Sets | University of North Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | iv, 29 leaves: ill., Text |
| Rights | Public, Flynn, Michael Howard, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights |
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