title: An evaluation of the high-probability instruction sequence with and without programmed reinforcement for compliance with high-probability instructions.
abstract: We assessed the effects of reinforcement and no reinforcement for compliance to high-probability (high-p) instructions on compliance to low-probability (low-p) instructions using a reversal design. For both participants, compliance with the low-p instruction increased only when compliance with high-p instructions was followed by reinforcement. These results suggest that providing reinforcement for high-p instructions may result in increased compliance to low-p instructions.
authors.affiliation: Florida Institute of Technology, USA.
authors.forename: Carlos A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Zuluaga
authors.forename: Matthew P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Normand
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D002658:Developmental Disabilities; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D008297:Male; D011589:Psychology, Experimental / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012054:Reinforcement, Psychology; D013663:Teaching