Preschoolers' Compliance with Simple Instructions: A Descriptive and Experimental Evaluation

Autor/inn/en	Stephenson, Kasey M.; Hanley, Gregory P.
Titel	Preschoolers' Compliance with Simple Instructions: A Descriptive and Experimental Evaluation
Quelle	In: Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 43 (2010) 2, S.229-247 (19 Seiten) PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0021-8855
Schlagwörter	Responses; Nonverbal Communication; Prompting; Integrity; Preschool Children; Compliance (Psychology); Age Differences; Correlation; Student Behavior; Proximity; Play; Intervention; Influences + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Non-verbal communication; Nonverbale Kommunikation; Benutzerführung; Integrität; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Korrelation; Student behaviour; Schülerverhalten; Lebensnähe; Spiel; Influence; Einfluss; Einflussfaktor
Abstract	"Compliance" is often used to describe a situation in which a child completes instructions from adults, and low levels of compliance are a common teacher concern. We conducted a descriptive assessment that showed that compliance was relatively stable for individual children, variable across children, and positively correlated with age. The impact of six antecedent variables (proximity, position, physical contact, eye contact, vocal attention, and play interruption) on compliance was assessed for 4 children. Next, the effects of three-step prompting were assessed alone, in combination with the antecedent variables, and at different integrity levels for 2 children. Results of the experimental analyses showed that compliance gradually increased with the addition of each antecedent variable for 2 of the 4 children. Three-step prompting in combination with the six antecedent variables increased compliance for the remaining 2 children, and high compliance levels were maintained until treatment integrity was decreased to 20% of full strength. The utility of this naturalistic compliance assessment is discussed, as are the relevant experiences that give rise to acceptable levels of compliance in preschool classrooms. (Contains 1 table and 4 figures.) (As Provided).
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