Effects of increased response effort on self-injury and object manipulation as competing responses

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 29-40

  Zhou, Liming ^a   Goff, Gerald A ^a   Iwata, Brian A ^b  

^a Arlington Developmental Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Automatic reinforcement; Reinforcer substitutability; Response effort; Self injurious behavior

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTOMUTILATION; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REINFORCEMENT; STEREOTYPY;

ADULT; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; EXERTION; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENTAL RETARDATION; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0034146433     PISSN: 00218855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jaba.2000.33-29     Document Type: Article

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