THE EFFECT OF RESPONSE EFFORT ON COMPLIANCE IN YOUNG CHILDREN |
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| Authors: | David A Wilder Anthony T Fischetti Kristin Myers Yanerys Leon‐Enriquez Lina Majdalany |
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| Institution: | School of Psychology, Florida Institute of Technology, , Melbourne, FL, 32901 USA |
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| Abstract: | We evaluated the effect of response effort on compliance with three children who exhibited noncompliance when asked to relinquish a preferred toy. Participants were given access to a preferred toy and then asked to place the toy in a toy bin, which was located either 0.3 m (low effort) or 3 m (high effort) away. We used a reversal design to evaluate the effect of the effort manipulation. Compliance by all three participants was sensitive to the effort manipulation. In addition, compliance by two participants maintained as the distance required to comply with instructions was systematically increased. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
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