Using Extinction to Increase Behavior: Capitalizing on Extinction-Induced Response Variability to Establish Mands with Autoclitic Frames

Autor/inn/en	Cengher, Mirela; Ramazon, Nicholas H.; Strohmeier, Craig W.
Titel	Using Extinction to Increase Behavior: Capitalizing on Extinction-Induced Response Variability to Establish Mands with Autoclitic Frames
Quelle	In: Analysis of Verbal Behavior, 36 (2020) 1, S.102-114 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Cengher, Mirela)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0889-9401
DOI	10.1007/s40616-019-00118-w
Schlagwörter	Behavior Modification; Adolescents; Females; Autism; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Aggression; Learning Processes; Reinforcement; Responses; Antisocial Behavior; Verbal Operant Conditioning + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Behaviour modification; Verhaltensänderung; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Weibliches Geschlecht; Autismus; Learning process; Lernprozess; Positive Verstärkung
Abstract	Members (behaviors) of a response class are equivalent in that they produce the same functional reinforcer. Oftentimes, some members of a response class occur at higher rates than others. This can be problematic when the members that occur at high rates are socially inappropriate (e.g., self-injury, aggression, or disruption). The participant in this study was a 16-year-old female diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder who demonstrated aggression, one-word mands, and mands with autoclitic frames. In a series of contingency reversals, we placed 2 behaviors on extinction (e.g., aggression and one-word mands), which resulted in extinction-induced variability. Capitalizing on extinction-induced variability, we reinforced a different behavior (e.g., mands with autoclitic frames). The results confirmed that (a) the rate of responding for each topography was a function of extinction-induced response variability and differential reinforcement and (b) all response topographies belonged to the same response class. These results provide empirical support for the use of extinction-induced variability to differentially increase the rate of socially appropriate behaviors while decreasing socially inappropriate behaviors that belong to the same response class. (As Provided).
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Update	2022/1/01