The Effects of Presession Attention on Subsequent Attention-Extinction and Alone Conditions

Autor/inn/en	O'Reilly, Mark; Edrisinha, Chaturi; Sigafoos, Jeff; Lancioni, Giulio; Machalicek, Wendy; Antonucci, Massimo
Titel	The Effects of Presession Attention on Subsequent Attention-Extinction and Alone Conditions
Quelle	In: Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 40 (2007) 4, S.731-735 (5 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0021-8855
Schlagwörter	Behavior Problems; Attention; Severe Disabilities; Functional Behavioral Assessment; Reinforcement; Stimuli; Autism; Developmental Disabilities; Childhood Autism Rating Scale; Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Aufmerksamkeit; Severe disability; Schwerbehinderung; Positive Verstärkung; Anreizsystem; Autismus; Entwicklungsstörung
Abstract	We examined the effects of presession levels of attention (no attention vs. continuous attention) during subsequent alone and attention-extinction conditions for an individual with severe disabilities and problem behavior. A prior functional analysis indicated that attention was a primary maintaining variable for problem behavior. Experimental control was demonstrated using a within-subject multielement design. Results indicated that presession conditions influenced responding, with higher levels of problem behavior occurring during alone and attention-extinction conditions when preceded by the no-attention presession condition. Overall, these results seem to support descriptions of the behavior-altering effects of the motivating operation (MO). Specifically, presession access seemed to influence behavior during the alone condition in which both discriminative and reinforcing stimuli were absent, suggesting a direct effect of the MO on the behavior. (Contains 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10