Varying response effort in the treatment of pica maintained by automatic reinforcement

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 233-246

  Piazza, Cathleen C ^a   Roane, Henry S ^b   Keeney, Kris M ^c,e   Boney, Bobbi R ^d   Abt, Kimberly A ^d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Marcus Institute   (United States)

^d KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e Bartow County School System   (United States)

Author keywords

Automatic reinforcement; Functional analysis; Pica; Response effort

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATISM; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PICA; REINFORCEMENT;

ADULT; AUTOMATISM; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENTAL RETARDATION; PICA; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 0036725779     PISSN: 00218855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jaba.2002.35-233     Document Type: Article

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