The use of an escape contingency and a token economy to increase food acceptance.
Escape (termination of a meal) and token-based differential reinforcement of alternative behavior were used as reinforcement to increase acceptance of food. Using a changing criterion design, the number of bites accepted and consumed was gradually increased to 15 bites per meal. These data suggest that, in some cases, escape may be a potent reinforcer for food acceptance.
Kahng
SungWoo
S
Department of Behavioral Psychology, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA. Kahng@kennedykrieger.org
Boscoe
James H
JH
Byrne
Shannon
S
D001521:Behavior Therapy; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015897:Comorbidity; D002658:Developmental Disabilities / Q000523:psychology; D004924:Escape Reaction; D019959:Feeding and Eating Disorders of Childhood / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D005518:Food Preferences / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D012054:Reinforcement, Psychology; D014040:Token Economy