An evaluation of the interaction between quality of attention and negative reinforcement with children who display escape-maintained problem behavior

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 343-348

  Gardner, Andrew W ^a   Wacker, David P ^a   Boelter, Eric W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brief experimental analysis; Concurrent operants; Establishing operations; Noncompliance; Quality of attention

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECREATION; REINFORCEMENT; VIDEORECORDING;

ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; HUMANS; MALE; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 75549090844     PISSN: 00218855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jaba.2009.42-343     Document Type: Article

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