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This study compared the effects of multiple versus single deadline contingencies on distribution of unit‐mastery test taking by students in four university classes taught using the personalized system of instruction. Rate of test taking was most uniform when multiple deadlines were imposed throughout the course. When deadlines were infrequent, a scalloped pattern of test taking develope

ISSN:0021-8855    

DOI:10.1901/jaba.1995.28-87

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1995

数据来源: WILEY

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We report the effects of using a urine alarm, typically employed for nocturnal enuresis, to treat chronic diurnal enuresis in a 15‐year‐old female resident at Boys' Town. The results of an ABAB reversal design indicate that the alarm eliminated wetting in both treatment phases and that continence was maintained at 3‐ and 6‐month fo

ISSN:0021-8855    

DOI:10.1901/jaba.1995.28-89

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1995

数据来源: WILEY

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Using an A‐B‐A‐B design, two procedures for requesting a change of activity were compared for their effect on the stereotypic behavior of a man with autism. One procedure requested immediate change of activities, whereas the second procedure gave advance notice of a change. Less stereotypy occurred when advance notice of change was

ISSN:0021-8855    

DOI:10.1901/jaba.1995.28-91

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1995

数据来源: WILEY

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Although extinction has been an effective treatment for a variety of behavior disorders, its use may be associated with several adverse side effects, the most common being an initial increase in the frequency of the target response, called an “extinction burst.” We attempted to determine the prevalence of the extinction burst in applied research and its possible attenuation with other operant procedures. An analysis of 113 sets of extinction data indicated that bursting may not be as common as previously assumed (it occurred in 24% of the cases) and may be less likely when extinction is implemented with alternative procedures rather than as the sole intervention (bursting was evident in 12% of the former cases and 36% of the latt

ISSN:0021-8855    

DOI:10.1901/jaba.1995.28-93

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1995

数据来源: WILEY

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We compared questionnaire and choice measures of acceptability while evaluating effects of staff familiarity versus unfamiliarity with the system used to monitor performance during a training program. Staff members rated both monitoring formats equally favorably on the questionnaire, whereas when given a choice, they frequently chose the familiar format and never chose the unfamiliar format. These results suggest that traditional questionnaire evaluations may not be sufficiently sensitive measures of acceptability relative to choice measures.

ISSN:0021-8855    

DOI:10.1901/jaba.1995.28-95

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1995

数据来源: WILEY

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Two students were alternately presented with interspersed high‐compliance requests and social comments as antecedents to low‐compliance requests. An initial comparison demonstrated similar positive effects on compliance for interspersed requests and social comments. A second analysis indicated that the effectiveness of social comments for increasing compliance was related to the time interval between social comments and low‐compliance req

ISSN:0021-8855    

DOI:10.1901/jaba.1995.28-97

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1995

数据来源: WILEY

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We evaluated the relative treatment utility of a verbal forced‐choice questionnaire, child nomination, and direct observation for identifying the most potent reinforcers for children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Results demonstrated that all three methods were more likely to disagree than to agree, that a forced‐choice format may enhance verbal reinforcer assessment, and that further development and evaluation of verbal reinforcer‐assessment methods are n

ISSN:0021-8855    

DOI:10.1901/jaba.1995.28-99

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1995

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0021-8855    

DOI:10.1901/jaba.1995.28-103

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1995

数据来源: WILEY

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We review four articles fromJEAB's March 1994 issue celebrating the contributions of Joseph V. Brady. These articles have implications for studying private events and for studying multiple operants. We suggest that regularly including self‐reports about private events in behavioral pharmacological research has resulted in an accumulated knowledge that has facilitated examination of interesting relations among self‐reports, environmental factors, and other observable behaviors. Methodological lessons that behavioral pharmacologists have learned regarding the study of multiple operants are also relayed. We provide examples of how these lessons could be useful to applied behavior analysts studying nonpharmacological iss

ISSN:0021-8855    

DOI:10.1901/jaba.1995.28-105

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1995

数据来源: WILEY