Expanding Functional Analysis of Automatically Reinforced Behavior Using a Three-Component Multiple-Schedule

European Journal of Behavior Analysis

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 17-27

  Lanovaz, Marc J ^a   Rapp, John T ^b   Fletcher, Sarah E ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ST CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UK Young Autism Project   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

automatic reinforcement; functional analysis; motivating operations; multiple schedule; stereotypy

Indexed keywords

EID: 85073519993     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2377729X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15021149.2010.11434331     Document Type: Article

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