Progressing from programmatic to discovery research: A case example with the overjustification effect

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 35-46

  Roane, Henry S ^a,c   Fisher, Wayne W ^b   McDonough, Erin M ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

^c Marcus Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Behavioral contrast; Discovery research; Overjustification; Punishment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL PALSY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DECISION MAKING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PUNISHMENT; REINFORCEMENT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EDUCATION OF MENTALLY RETARDED; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PUNISHMENT; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 0042662636     PISSN: 00218855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jaba.2003.36-35     Document Type: Article

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