title: Environmental enrichment and response cost: immediate and subsequent effects on stereotypy.
abstract: We assessed the immediate and subsequent effects of environmental enrichment (EE) as a stand-alone intervention and when EE was combined with response cost (RC) for 5 participants using a 2-component multiple-schedule design. Environmental enrichment failed to decrease any participant's immediate engagement in stereotypy; however, the addition of RC decreased the immediate engagement in stereotypy for all participants. After the withdrawal of EE plus RC, stereotypy did not immediately increase for 3 of 5 participants.
authors.affiliation: Douglas College.
authors.forename: Nicholas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Watkins
authors.forename: John T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Rapp
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001321:Autistic Disorder / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D002648:Child; D004777:Environment; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012054:Reinforcement, Psychology; D013239:Stereotyped Behavior / Q000502:physiology*; D013997:Time Factors; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: automatic reinforcement; environmental enrichment; response cost; stereotypy