Abstract
An adolescent with severe mental retardation and cerebral palsy who displayed attention-maintained destructive behavior was exposed to noncontingent reinforcer delivery (NCR) with either a high-preference or a low-preference stimulus while reinforcement for destructive behavior with attention remained in effect (i.e., NCR without extinction). NCR without extinction was effective only when the high-preference stimulus was available, suggesting that systematic assessment of stimulus quality may enhance the effectiveness of NCR with alternative stimuli.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 79-83 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Journal of applied behavior analysis |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2000 |
Keywords
- Behavioral assessment
- Developmental disabilities
- Functional analysis
- Noncontingent reinforcement
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Philosophy
- Sociology and Political Science
- Applied Psychology
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