Suppressive effects of a stimulus correlated with reprimands for automatically-maintained eye poking.

A functional analysis, conducted to assess the variables maintaining the chronic eye poking of a female diagnosed with profound mental retardation, indicated that the behavior persisted in the absence of social contingencies. A procedure was initiated in a training environment in which a punisher (mild reprimand) was delivered contingent on eye poking in the presence, but not in the absence, of a neutral stimulus (wristbands). Using a combination of multiple baseline and multielement experimental designs, it was determined that that eye poking was suppressed in the presence of the previously neutral stimulus, even in environments in which the reprimand contingency was inoperative.

Grantor dc:publisher

University of North Texas

Year dc:date

2003

Author dc:creator

• McKenzie, Scott Daniel

Contributors dc:contributor

• Smith, Richard
• Hyten, Cloyd
• Rosales Ruíz, Jesús

• Reinforcement (Psychology)
• Behavior modification.
• automatic reinforcement
• punishment
• stimulus control
• suppression
• eye poking

Statement dc:rights

• Use restricted to UNT Community
• Copyright
• McKenzie, Scott Daniel
• Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

Language dc:language

English

Identifier

oclc: 53112458
https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc4152/
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