Developing stimulus control of the high-rate social-approach responses of an adult with mental retardation: a multiple-schedule evaluation.
We evaluated a multiple schedule in which the extinction (S-) components were signaled overtly by a black lanyard and the reinforcement (S+) components were not correlated with any programmed stimuli in developing stimulus control over the high-rate social-approach responses of an adult with mental retardation. Responding was consistently low in the presence of the S- and consistently high when the lanyard was absent (i.e., the S+ condition). Component durations were thinned successfully to a level that was manageable for caregivers.
Western Michigan University, USA.
Laura L
LL
Grow
Linda A
LA
Leblanc
James E
JE
Carr
D000328:Adult; D004193:Discrimination Learning; D005108:Extinction, Psychological; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D012055:Reinforcement Schedule; D012919:Social Behavior