The effectiveness of and preschoolers' preferences for variations of multiple-schedule arrangements |
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Authors: | Tiger Jeffrey H Hanley Gregory P Heal Nicole A |
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Institution: | Center for Autism Spectrum Disorders, Munroe-Meyer Institute, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, 68198, USA. jtiger@unmc.edu |
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Abstract: | Multiple schedules of reinforcement have been used to teach children to recruit attention only when it is available, thereby minimizing disruptive requesting during instructional activities. This procedure involves alternating periods of continuous reinforcement (CRF) with periods of extinction and correlating each period with a distinct and continuous discriminative stimulus. The present study evaluated the effectiveness of and children's preferences for multiple schedules in which (a) two different stimuli, one correlated with reinforcement (S+) and another correlated with extinction (S-), were presented; (b) only an S+ was presented (i.e., no stimulus was correlated with extinction), and (c) neither an S+ nor an S- was presented (i.e., a mixed schedule). S+/S- and S+ arrangements were similarly effective for 7 children, but 3 preferred the S+/S- condition and 4 preferred the S+ condition. Correlational analyses suggested that children who responded more effectively given the S- (discrimination indexes were relatively high) preferred the S+/S- condition, whereas children who responded less effectively given the S- preferred the S+ condition. The implications of these findings for arranging multiple schedules for social responses are discussed. |
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Keywords: | concurrent‐chains arrangement multiple schedule mixed schedule preference assessment preschoolers |
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