title: The effects of noncontingent delivery of high- and low-preference stimuli on attention-maintained destructive behavior.
abstract: An adolescent with severe mental retardation and cerebral palsy who displayed attention-maintained destructive behavior was exposed to noncontingent reinforcer delivery (NCR) with either a high-preference or a low-preference stimulus while reinforcement for destructive behavior with attention remained in effect (i.e., NCR without extinction). NCR without extinction was effective only when the high-preference stimulus was available, suggesting that systematic assessment of stimulus quality may enhance the effectiveness of NCR with alternative stimuli.
authors.affiliation: Kennedy Krieger Institute and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA.
authors.forename: W W
authors.initials: WW
authors.lastname: Fisher
authors.forename: J T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: O'Connor
authors.forename: P F
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Kurtz
authors.forename: I G
authors.initials: IG
authors.lastname: DeLeon
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Gotjen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology*; D001288:Attention; D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D002547:Cerebral Palsy / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D012055:Reinforcement Schedule; D016728:Self-Injurious Behavior / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology