Abstract
During a functional analysis, a boy with autism and oppositional defiant disorder displayed destructive behavior that was maintained by attention in the form of verbal reprimands (e.g., "Don't hit me"). In a second analysis, contingent verbal reprimands produced higher rates of the behavior than contingent statements that were unrelated to the target response (e.g., "It is sunny today"), suggesting that some forms of attention were more reinforcing than others. A treatment based on these analyses reduced the behavior to near-zero levels.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 235-238 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Journal of applied behavior analysis |
Volume | 29 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1996 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Behavioral assessment
- Developmental disabilities
- Functional analysis
- Verbal behavior
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Philosophy
- Sociology and Political Science
- Applied Psychology