EVALUATION OF SOME COMPONENTS OF CHOICE MAKING

Autor: Andrew L. Samaha, Elizabeth Dayton, Sarah E. Bloom, Tyra P. Sellers, Joseph M. Lambert, Alice A. Keyl-Austin
Rok vydání: 2013
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Zdroj: Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis. 46:455-464
ISSN: 0021-8855
DOI: 10.1002/jaba.46
Popis: Providing access to choice-making opportunities is a useful addition to behavioral interventions, although the critical features of choice making may differ greatly across individuals. In this study, results of an initial 3-choice concurrent-operants preference assessment with 4 subjects with autism spectrum disorder suggested that 2 subjects preferred the choice-making condition and participated in subsequent assessments to examine the potential influences of reinforcer variability and differential access to high-preference reinforcers on their preferences for choice making. Two other subjects did not prefer the choice-making condition and participated in subsequent assessments to explore conditions under which they might prefer choice-making opportunities. Results suggested that a wide range of variables influenced preference for choice-making conditions.
Databáze: OpenAIRE