Stimulus characteristics within directives: Effects on accuracy of task completion

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 289-312

  Richman, David M ^c   Wacker, David P ^d   Cooper Brown, Linda J ^d   Kayser, Krista ^a   Crosland, Kimberly ^d   Stephens, Tracy J ^d   Asmus, Jennifer ^b  

^a Mississippi Bend Area Education Agency   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Antecedent experimental analyses; Differential reinforcement; Discriminative stimuli; Instructional hierarchy; Stimulus control

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; COGNITION; DYSLEXIA; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECREATION; REINFORCEMENT;

CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; DYSLEXIA; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; MALE; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VOCABULARY;

EID: 0035464588     PISSN: 00218855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jaba.2001.34-289     Document Type: Article

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