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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Contingent reinforcement"”.
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Training elementary school children to self-determine standards : effects on performance and generalization
<p>The effects of instructions, non-contingent reinforcement, and contingent reinforcement on the level of self-determined standards for both experimental and generalization items were assessed using a reversal design. In addition the effects of the level of self-determined standards on performance …
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Effects of Contingent and Non-Continguent Tutor-Received Reinforcement on Peer Tutoring
… grade math students; under the conditions of no reinforcement, tutor-received reinforcement that is contingent upon tutee homework improvement, and tutor received non-contingent reinforcement; on low achieving seventh grade math students' performance and attitude change. Procedure: Ss served in …
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Generalization of Social Skills Training on Disruptive Classroom Behavior
… in the classroom), 2) verbal prompts, and 3) contingent reinforcement for the demonstration of social skills. Appropriate reinforcers were chosen from results on a preference assessment and teacher interviews. Four second-grade male students, referred for excessive disruptive behavior and poor …
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Some Collateral Effects of Four Academic Reinforcement Regimes
… used to examine social collateral effects of non-contingent reinforcement, individualized reinforcement, group consequation and competitive reinforcement for academic performance. Four elementary school students selected by their teachers for vocabulary deficiencies completed the study. The …
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Comparing The Relative Effectiveness Of Function-Based Antecedent And Reinforcement Interventions For Increasing Preschoolers’ Appropriate Behavior
… an antecedent intervention - pre-session non-contingent reinforcement, and a reinforcement intervention – differential reinforcement of alternative behavior. The two interventions were compared according to effectiveness on increasing preschool students’ academically engaged behavior and …
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Contingency management techniques and smoking cessation in college students
… different criteria for delivery of monetary reinforcement for college students from Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ. Participants participated in a 4 week study using a single subject reversal design (ABAC) in which baseline phases were alternated with either fixed criterion or shaping using …
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A Comparison of Two Function-Based Interventions: NCR vs. DRO in a Preschool Classroom
… was to determine the relative efficacy of non-contingent reinforcement (NCR) and differential reinforcement of other behavior (DRO) after behavioral functions have been identified through indirect, descriptive, and experimental assessment. Participants included three preschool-age children in …
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Effects of a Function-Based Peer Management Intervention with Middle-School Students with ADHD
… the effectiveness of a peer-mediated non-contingent reinforcement (NCR) intervention informed by functional assessment data to decrease disruptive behavior for students with a special education classification of OHI-ADHD. Participants included three student dyads in a middle school setting …
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An Evaluation of the Effects of Fixed-Time Schedules on Response Maintenance
Response-independent schedules of reinforcement (e.g., fixed-time schedules) have typically been shown to decrease the rate of responding. However, researchers have suggested that responses may maintain under response-independent schedules, although it is currently unclear as to what mechanisms are …
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Parametric Analysis of Fixed Lag Schedule Performance in Humans
… dimension of behavior and may be controlled by contingent reinforcement. It has been demonstrated that variable responding may be modified through reinforcement contingent on variability. An emerging body of literature shows that a lag schedule is effective in increasing variable responding with …
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Effects of the good behavior game on physical activity
… results suggest that schools should provide contingent reinforcement for children’s increased physical activity during recess.</p>
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The effects of cognitive coping strategies on learned helplessness
… the deficits associated with exposure to noncontingent reinforcement was examined. Subjects in the inoculation condition received four hours training in a variety of cognitive coping strategies while participants in the brief treatment condition received only a few minutes of training in …
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A comparative analysis of physical activity interventions for young children
… Once a social consequence was identified, reinforcement provided contingently on higher levels of physical activity and according to a fixed-time schedule was compared in an intervention analysis. The overall results of the study indicated that children were most active when receiving a …