{"id":{"repo_id":"unt","oai_identifier":"info:ark/67531/metadc2550"},"canonical_url":"https://search.dev.ndltd.org/etd/unt/info:ark/67531/metadc2550","repository":{"repo_id":"unt","name":"University of North Texas","base_url":"https://digital.library.unt.edu/oai/"},"display":{"title":"Maintaining behavior in a child with autism using a previously neutral stimulus, a remote control tactile stimulus, as the consequence","abstract":"Few studies have investigated methods for establishing neutral stimuli as conditioned reinforcers in human subjects. Conditioned reinforcers, however, can alleviate some of the problems encountered in applied behavior analytic (ABA) therapy for children with autism, such as satiation and suitability of reinforcers for specific environments. A series of reversals evaluated the effects of a conditioning procedure involving pairing a neutral stimulus, the remote control stimulus (RCT), with an identified reinforcer. Phase 1 demonstrated that the RCT was neutral. In Phase 2, alternating pairing and testing conditions were run. During testing the effects of pairing were evaluated by the effectiveness of the RCT in maintaining a response in the absence of a previously available reinforcer (extinction test) and in increasing a new response over a baseline level (learning test). Results from the extinction test suggest that under some pairing conditions the RCT can acquire properties of a reinforcer.","abstract_html":"Few studies have investigated methods for establishing neutral stimuli as conditioned reinforcers in human subjects. Conditioned reinforcers, however, can alleviate some of the problems encountered in applied behavior analytic (ABA) therapy for children with autism, such as satiation and suitability of reinforcers for specific environments. A series of reversals evaluated the effects of a conditioning procedure involving pairing a neutral stimulus, the remote control stimulus (RCT), with an identified reinforcer. Phase 1 demonstrated that the RCT was neutral. In Phase 2, alternating pairing and testing conditions were run. During testing the effects of pairing were evaluated by the effectiveness of the RCT in maintaining a response in the absence of a previously available reinforcer (extinction test) and in increasing a new response over a baseline level (learning test). Results from the extinction test suggest that under some pairing conditions the RCT can acquire properties of a reinforcer.","abstract_has_math":false,"creators":["Wheat, Leigh Ann Stiles"],"institution":"University of North Texas","degree_name":null,"degree_level":null,"degree_discipline":null,"degree_department":null,"school":null,"contributors":["Ala'i-Rosales, Shahla","Rosales Ruíz, Jesús","Hyten, Cloyd"],"advisors":[],"committee_chairs":[],"committee_members":[],"year":2000,"date_issued":"2000-08","date_published":"2000-08","updated_at":"2026-07-24T05:34:52Z","subjects":["Autistic children -- Behavior modification.","Autism in children -- Treatment.","Reinforcement (Psychology)","extinction test","autism","behavior analytic therapy","reinforcers","RCT"],"languages":["English"],"rights":["Use restricted to UNT Community","Copyright","Wheat, Leigh Ann Stiles","Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved."],"rights_urls":[],"identifier_entries":[{"key":"dc:identifier","label":"Identifier","values":["oclc: 47734100","untcat: b2306136","https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2550/","ark: ark:/67531/metadc2550"],"render_values":[{"text":"oclc: 47734100","href":null,"code":true},{"text":"untcat: b2306136","href":null,"code":true},{"text":"https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2550/","href":"https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2550/","code":true},{"text":"ark: ark:/67531/metadc2550","href":null,"code":true}]}]},"links":{"outbound_url":"https://doi.org/10.12794/metadc2550","outbound_label":"DOI","outbound_source":"dc:identifier"},"metadata_groups":[{"id":"people","label":"People","entries":[{"key":"dc:contributor","label":"Contributor","values":["Ala'i-Rosales, Shahla","Rosales Ruíz, Jesús","Hyten, Cloyd"]},{"key":"dc:creator","label":"Author","values":["Wheat, Leigh Ann Stiles"]}]},{"id":"academic_context","label":"Academic Context","entries":[{"key":"dc:date","label":"Dc Date","values":["2000-08"]},{"key":"dc:publisher","label":"Institution","values":["University of North Texas"]},{"key":"dc:type","label":"Dc Type","values":["Thesis or Dissertation"]}]},{"id":"subjects_keywords","label":"Subjects and Keywords","entries":[{"key":"dc:subject","label":"Dc Subject","values":["Autistic children -- Behavior modification.","Autism in children -- Treatment.","Reinforcement (Psychology)","extinction test","autism","behavior analytic therapy","reinforcers","RCT"]}]},{"id":"language_rights","label":"Language and Rights","entries":[{"key":"dc:language","label":"Dc Language","values":["English"]},{"key":"dc:rights","label":"Dc Rights","values":["Use restricted to UNT Community","Copyright","Wheat, Leigh Ann Stiles","Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved."]}]},{"id":"identifiers","label":"Identifiers","entries":[{"key":"dc:identifier","label":"Identifier","values":["oclc: 47734100","untcat: b2306136","doi: 10.12794/metadc2550","https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2550/","ark: ark:/67531/metadc2550"]}]},{"id":"additional","label":"Additional Metadata","entries":[{"key":"dc:description","label":"Description","values":["Few studies have investigated methods for establishing neutral stimuli as conditioned reinforcers in human subjects. Conditioned reinforcers, however, can alleviate some of the problems encountered in applied behavior analytic (ABA) therapy for children with autism, such as satiation and suitability of reinforcers for specific environments. A series of reversals evaluated the effects of a conditioning procedure involving pairing a neutral stimulus, the remote control stimulus (RCT), with an identified reinforcer. Phase 1 demonstrated that the RCT was neutral. In Phase 2, alternating pairing and testing conditions were run. During testing the effects of pairing were evaluated by the effectiveness of the RCT in maintaining a response in the absence of a previously available reinforcer (extinction test) and in increasing a new response over a baseline level (learning test). Results from the extinction test suggest that under some pairing conditions the RCT can acquire properties of a reinforcer."]},{"key":"dc:format","label":"Dc Format","values":["Text"]},{"key":"dc:title","label":"Title","values":["Maintaining behavior in a child with autism using a previously neutral stimulus, a remote control tactile stimulus, as the consequence"]}]}],"canonical_facts":{"dc:contributor":["Ala'i-Rosales, Shahla","Rosales Ruíz, Jesús","Hyten, Cloyd"],"dc:creator":["Wheat, Leigh Ann Stiles"],"dc:date":["2000-08"],"dc:description":["Few studies have investigated methods for establishing neutral stimuli as conditioned reinforcers in human subjects. Conditioned reinforcers, however, can alleviate some of the problems encountered in applied behavior analytic (ABA) therapy for children with autism, such as satiation and suitability of reinforcers for specific environments. A series of reversals evaluated the effects of a conditioning procedure involving pairing a neutral stimulus, the remote control stimulus (RCT), with an identified reinforcer. Phase 1 demonstrated that the RCT was neutral. In Phase 2, alternating pairing and testing conditions were run. During testing the effects of pairing were evaluated by the effectiveness of the RCT in maintaining a response in the absence of a previously available reinforcer (extinction test) and in increasing a new response over a baseline level (learning test). Results from the extinction test suggest that under some pairing conditions the RCT can acquire properties of a reinforcer."],"dc:format":["Text"],"dc:identifier":["oclc: 47734100","untcat: b2306136","doi: 10.12794/metadc2550","https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2550/","ark: ark:/67531/metadc2550"],"dc:language":["English"],"dc:publisher":["University of North Texas"],"dc:rights":["Use restricted to UNT Community","Copyright","Wheat, Leigh Ann Stiles","Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved."],"dc:subject":["Autistic children -- Behavior modification.","Autism in children -- Treatment.","Reinforcement (Psychology)","extinction test","autism","behavior analytic therapy","reinforcers","RCT"],"dc:title":["Maintaining behavior in a child with autism using a previously neutral stimulus, a remote control tactile stimulus, as the consequence"],"dc:type":["Thesis or Dissertation"]},"updated_at":"2026-07-24T05:34:52Z"}