Discriminative control of punished stereotyped behavior in humans

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 325-336

  Doughty, Shannon S ^a,b,d   Anderson, Cynthia M ^a,e   Doughty, Adam H ^c,f   Williams, Dean C ^c,g   Saunders, Kathryn J ^c  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Training Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^d Carolina Coast Behavioral Services   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^f Department of Teacher Education and Department of Sociology and Anthropology   (United States)

^g Parsons Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Humans; Mental retardation; Punishment; Stereotypy; Stimulus control

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUNISHMENT; STEREOTYPY;

ADULT; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; PUNISHMENT; STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR;

EID: 34249847193     PISSN: 00225002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jeab.2007.39-05     Document Type: Article

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