Reinforcer choice as an antecedent versus consequence |
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| Authors: | Charles Peterson Dorothea C. Lerman Melissa A. Nissen |
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| Affiliation: | University of Houston–Clear Lake |
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| Abstract: | Four children with autism received opportunities to choose among several preferred stimuli either immediately before or after task responding. The response requirement for reinforcement systematically increased within each session. Two children engaged in higher levels of responding when reinforcement choice was provided as an antecedent to task completion, and 3 of the 4 children showed a preference for the antecedent choice condition. |
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| Keywords: | antecedent autism reinforcer choice task performance |
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