Abstract
Extinction-induced resurgence is the recurrence of previously reinforced behavior when another behavior is placed on extinction (Lieving, Hagopian, Long, & O'Connor, 2004). This phenomenon may account for some instances of treatment relapse when problem behavior recovers during extinction-based treatments. The current study sought to determine whetlier resurgence of problem behavior would reliably occur with 5 participants who received treatment with FCT. Results showed that problem behavior reemerged for all but 1 participant when the communicative response was exposed to extinction or thin schedules of reinforcement. These findings suggest that resurgence may account for some instances of response recovery during treatment, and that the described procedure may be useful for the further study of resurgence and eventual prevention of this phenomenon.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 145-160 |
Number of pages | 16 |
Journal | Journal of applied behavior analysis |
Volume | 42 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Mar 2009 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Autism
- Extinction
- Functional communication training
- Problem behavior
- Resurgence
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Philosophy
- Applied Psychology
- Sociology and Political Science