Manipulating Motivating Operations to Facilitate the Emergence of Mands for a Child with Autism

Autor/inn/en	Davis, Barbara Janine; Kahng, SungWoo; Coryat, Kaitlin
Titel	Manipulating Motivating Operations to Facilitate the Emergence of Mands for a Child with Autism
Quelle	In: Analysis of Verbal Behavior, 28 (2012), S.145-150 (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0889-9401
Schlagwörter	Behavior Modification; Autism; Disadvantaged Environment; Behavior Disorders; Children; Stimuli; Reinforcement; Training + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Behaviour modification; Verhaltensänderung; Autismus; Child; Kind; Kinder; Anreizsystem; Positive Verstärkung; Ausbildung
Abstract	Research on the functional independence of verbal operants (Skinner, 1957) has demonstrated inconsistent findings. One explanation may be that these studies have not manipulated the motivating operation (MO) to facilitate the emergence of mands (Hall & Sundberg, 1987; Lamarre & Holland, 1985). In the current study, 1 participant, diagnosed with autism, was taught to tact high-preference and low-preference leisure items, and emergence of mands was tested under varying MO conditions. Results showed the emergence of mands following periods of arranged deprivation, and greater maintenance for a highly preferred relative to a less preferred stimulus. However, mands only emerged when presession tact trials were conducted. These results suggest that in a state of deprivation, transfer of stimulus control from discriminative to motivational conditions may occur without direct training. (Contains 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10