Combined antecedent variables as motivating operations within functional analyses

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 385-389

  Call, Nathan A ^a,b   Wacker, David P ^a   Ringdahl, Joel E ^a   Boelter, Eric W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antecedent variables; False negative outcomes; Functional analysis; Motivating operations

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOTIVATION; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MOTIVATION; OBSERVER VARIATION;

EID: 33644817788     PISSN: 00218855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jaba.2005.51-04     Document Type: Article

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