title: An evaluation of the value of choice-making opportunities in single-operant arrangements: simple fixed- and progressive-ratio schedules.
abstract: The current study compared the effects of choice and no-choice reinforcement conditions on the task responding of 3 children with autism across 2 single-operant paradigm reinforcer assessments. The first assessment employed simple fixed-ratio (FR) schedules; the second used progressive-ratio (PR) schedules. The latter assessment identified the differential strength of choice-making conditions in promoting task responding relative to no-choice conditions for 2 participants; no differential findings were obtained during the FR assessment.
authors.affiliation: Psychology Department, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA. jtiger@lsu.edu
authors.forename: Jeffrey H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Tiger
authors.forename: Karen A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Toussaint
authors.forename: Christopher T
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Roath
mesh_terms: D001321:Autistic Disorder / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002755:Choice Behavior; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D012055:Reinforcement Schedule