The effectiveness of and preschoolers' preferences for variations of multiple-schedule arrangements

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 475-488

  Tiger, Jeffrey H ^a   Hanley, Gregory P ^b   Heal, Nicole A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Concurrent chains arrangement; Mixed schedule; Multiple schedule; Preference assessment; Preschoolers

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REINFORCEMENT; SOCIALIZATION;

ASPERGER SYNDROME; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT AND DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; REINFORCEMENT, VERBAL; SOCIALIZATION; TOKEN ECONOMY;

EID: 33947267730     PISSN: 00218855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jaba.2006.48-06     Document Type: Article

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