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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"Paired Stimulus"”.
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DRINKING INDUCED BY SECOND-ORDER FOOD SCHEDULES: MULTIPLE CONTROLLING FACTORS
… during exposure to periodic food schedules. Post-stimulus drinking is regarded as reflecting the influence of psychological factors.</p><p>In preliminary research, post-stimulus drinking was typically less reliable than post-food drinking. Rats which drank most reliably during post-stimulus …
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Evaluation of absolute and relative reinforcer value using progressive ratio schedules
… were determined based on the results of a paired-stimulus preference assessment and were evaluated in subsequent reinforcer and progressive ratio assessments using concurrent- and single-operant schedules of presentation in a modified reversal design. Results showed that for two …
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Using a Token System to Increase Compliance and Avoid Satiation during Reinforcer Preference Assessments
… intervention for increasing compliance during paired-stimulus preference assessments. Three male preschool children with hypothesized tangible-motivated problem behavior participated. For Experiment 1, an ABAB reversal design was used to evaluate the effects of tokens on students’ compliance …
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Neurophysiological Differences in Pain Reactivity: Why Some People are Tolerant to Pain
… of a second painful, electrical, somatosensory stimulus (S2) in relation to the amplitude of an identical first stimulus (S1) in a paired-stimulus evoked potential (EP ) paradigm. The results obtained showed the intolerant group exhibiting greater physiological reactivity than the tolerant …
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Identification of Preference Categories
A 16-item paired stimulus (PS) preference assessments was utilized to identify preference categories. A single item from both the highly-preferred (HP) and less preferred (LP) categories as well as two categorically similar but untested items were then utilized during a reinforcer assessment. An …
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AN INVESTIGATION OF VARIABLES CONTRIBUTING TO DISORDERED GAMBLING AND SLOT MACHINE PLAY
… ranking of most-preferred machines, and (c) a paired-stimulus preference assessment. Experiment II utilized a series of multiple schedules randomized across participants to examine differences in the rate of play when participants gambled on their most- and least-preferred machines. In …
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An Evaluation of a Telecommunication Model for Training Staff to Implement Common Behavioural Protocols
… implementing a similar untrained skill (e.g., paired stimulus preference assessment) and on child skill acquisition outcomes on individualized programming. Across three behaviour technicians, the average mean shift from baseline to post-training was 27.1% (trained skill) and 58% (untrained …
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The Effects of Therapy Balls on In-Seat and On-Task Behavior in Young Children
… that they had shown preference to, based on a paired-stimulus preference assessment (Play-Doh, coloring, magnetic blocks, etc.). It was hypothesized that the participants would show higher rates of in-seat and on-task behavior when seated on the therapy ball, and when given the choice, would …
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An Associative Memory Trace in the Cerebellar Cortex
… learn to associate the neutral conditioned stimulus with the response. Since their work, several studies have provided data that are consistent with this suggestion, but definitive evidence has been lacking. Information on how Purkinje cells change their activity during learning has been …
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Analysis of behavioral indicators as a measure of satiation.
… development of this study. After conducting a paired stimulus preference assessment, a functional behavior assessment was completed with four males diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder indicating challenging behavior was maintained by access to a tangible. To verify the identified behavioral …
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Food preferences and demand in the brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula)
… study. In this series of experiments, single and paired preference assessments and demand procedures were conducted systematically under laboratory conditions to investigate the preference and demand for food types reportedly consumed by possums. In Experiment 1, 20 possums were used in a single …