Schedule thinning following communication training: Using competing stimuli to enhance tolerance to decrements in reinforcer density

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 177-193

  Hagopian, Louis P ^a,b   Kuhn, Stephanie A Contrucci ^a   Long, Ethan S ^a   Rush, Karena S ^a  

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

^b KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Competing stimuli; Extinction; Functional communication training; Reinforcement schedule thinning

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; REINFORCEMENT; TEACHING;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL RETARDATION; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); TEACHING;

EID: 27144516905     PISSN: 00218855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jaba.2005.43-04     Document Type: Article

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