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Further evaluation of prompt density,rate of reinforcement,and the persistence of manding
Authors:Joel E Ringdahl  Kayla Crook  Wendy K Berg  David P Wacker  Maggie Molony  Patrick Romani  Stephen Ryan  Anna Ryan  Karla Zabala
Institution:1. Center for Autism and Behavioral Education Research, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA;2. The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
Abstract:Previous research has evaluated the effects of prompt rates on the rate of communicative behavior. More recent research has suggested that dense prompting can result in communicative behavior that is more resistant to change. However, existing research has not considered the impact that higher response rates had on reinforcement rate, a variable known to impact response persistence. The current study systematically replicated previous research by evaluating communicative responding in contexts associated with dense- and lean-prompt schedules and extended existing research by (a) holding reinforcement rates similar across the two prompting schedules (lean and dense), and (b) evaluating the persistence of communicative responding in the contexts associated with each prompting schedule. The results for Experiment 1 clearly replicated and extended previous research. The results for Experiment 2 were equivocal and suggested that previous reinforcement history and response class size impacted outcomes.
Keywords:functional communication training  maintenance  prompt schedule  severe problem behavior
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