The Effects of Non-differential Reinforcement and Differential Reinforcement on Problem Behaviors and Accuracy of Responding of Autistic Children.

The effects of non-differential reinforcement and differential reinforcement on problem behaviors and accuracy of responding of autistic children was examined. In experiment 1, one child with autism participated, and in experiment 2, two children with autism participated. In the non-differential reinforcement condition both prompted and unprompted responses were reinforced. In the differential reinforcement condition only unprompted responses were reinforced. Overall, problem behaviors were more frequent in the non-differential reinforcement condition. In experiment 1, accuracy was higher in the differential reinforcement condition, while experiment 2 showed inconclusive results with regards to accuracy. It is concluded that non-differential reinforcement can decrease problem behaviors in teaching situations, but may not be sufficient to ensure acquisition of target tasks.

Grantor dc:publisher

University of North Texas

Year dc:date

2002

Author dc:creator

• Ingvarsson, Einar Thor

Contributors dc:contributor

• Rosales Ruíz, Jesús
• Glenn, Sigrid S., 1939-
• Smith, Richard

• Autistic children -- Behavior modification.
• Reinforcement (Psychology)
• autism
• prompted responses
• density of reinforcement
• non-differential reinforcement
• problem behaviors

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• Public
• Copyright
• Ingvarsson, Einar Thor
• Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

Language dc:language

English

Identifier

oclc: 54851823
https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc3135/
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