A laboratory model for studying response-class hierarchies

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 105-121

  Shabani, Daniel B ^a   Carr, James E ^a   Petursdottir, Anna Ingeborg ^a  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Problem behavior; Response covariation; Response class hierarchy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REINFORCEMENT;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PHYSICAL EXERTION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 70449732865     PISSN: 00218855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jaba.2009.42-105     Document Type: Article

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