Rule-Governed Behavior: Teaching a Preliminary Repertoire of Rule-Following to Children with Autism

Autor/inn/en	Tarbox, Jonathan; Zuckerman, Carrie K.; Bishop, Michele R.; Olive, Melissa L.; O'Hora, Denis P.
Titel	Rule-Governed Behavior: Teaching a Preliminary Repertoire of Rule-Following to Children with Autism
Quelle	In: Analysis of Verbal Behavior, 27 (2011), S.125-139 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0889-9401
Schlagwörter	Autism; Children; Compliance (Psychology); Generalization; Novelty (Stimulus Dimension); Child Behavior; Males; Young Children; Cues; Responses; Training; Reinforcement; Prompting; Verbal Communication + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Autismus; Child; Kind; Kinder; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Frühe Kindheit; Stichwort; Ausbildung; Positive Verstärkung; Benutzerführung
Abstract	Rule-governed behavior is generally considered an integral component of complex verbal repertoires but has rarely been the subject of empirical research. In particular, little or no previous research has attempted to establish rule-governed behavior in individuals who do not already display the repertoire. This study consists of two experiments that evaluated multiple exemplar training procedures for teaching a simple component skill, which may be necessary for developing a repertoire of rule-governed behavior. In both experiments, children with autism were taught to respond to simple rules that specified antecedents and the behaviors that should occur in their presence. In the first study, participants were taught to respond to rules containing "if/then" statements, where the antecedent was specified before the behavior. The second experiment was a replication and extension of the first. It involved a variation on the manner in which rules were presented. Both experiments eventually demonstrated generalization to novel rules for all participants; however variations to the standard procedure were required for several participants. Results suggest that rule-following can be analyzed and taught as generalized operant behavior and implications for future research are discussed. (Contains 3 tables and 2 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10