Abstract
A four-phase investigation was completed to analyze the utility of forced-choice preference assessments when response effort and reinforcer delays are altered within a subsequent reinforcer assessment. The results indicated that access to highly preferred stimuli continued to serve as a reinforcer when increased response effort was required. When reinforcer delay was increased, the utility of preferred stimuli to serve as a reinforcer was variable. Despite stimuli continuing to serve as reinforcers for academic task engagement, increased response effort and reinforcer delay resulted in an increased level of aberrant behavior.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 642-652 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Journal | Behavior Modification |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jul 1 2005 |
Keywords
- Matching law
- Reinforcer assessment
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Developmental and Educational Psychology
- Clinical Psychology
- Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
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Gwinn, M. M., Derby, K. M., Fisher, W., Kurtz, P., Fahs, A., Augustine, M., & McLaughlin, T. F. (2005). Effects of increased response effort and reinforcer delay on choice and aberrant behavior. Behavior Modification, 29(4), 642-652. https://doi.org/10.1177/0145445503259489