Assessment of a response bias for aggression over functionally equivalent appropriate behavior.
We evaluated the effects of a dense (fixed-ratio 1) schedule of reinforcement for an 11-year-old boy's mands for toys while aggression produced the same toys on various schedules chosen on the basis of a progressive-ratio probe. Based on the probe session data, we accurately predicted that aggression would be more probable than mands when the schedules were equal or slightly discrepant, but that mands would be more probable when the schedule discrepancy was large.
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Kennedy Krieger Institute and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA.
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D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology*; D001321:Autistic Disorder / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D001521:Behavior Therapy; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D002648:Child; D002755:Choice Behavior; D003145:Communication Methods, Total; D015897:Comorbidity; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D007805:Language Development Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D008297:Male; D012055:Reinforcement Schedule; D014040:Token Economy