Do children prefer contingencies? An evaluation of the efficacy of and preference for contingent versus noncontingent social reinforcement during play

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 511-525

  Luczynski, Kevin C ^a   Hanley, Gregory P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b WESTERN NEW ENGLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Concurrent chains arrangement; Contingency strength; Differential reinforcement; Noncontingent teinforcement; Preference assessment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REINFORCEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY;

CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; REINFORCEMENT, SOCIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 77952489438     PISSN: 00218855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jaba.2009.42-511     Document Type: Article

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