Applied Implications of Reinforcement History Effects

Peter, Claire C. St.; Vollmer, Timothy R.

doi:10.1901/jaba.2009.42-83

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“…given the extensive and variable reinforcement histories associated with human problem behavior (see Branch, 1991;St. Peter Pipkin & Vollmer, 2009;Sullivan et al, 2019).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

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Behavioral momentum and resistance to extinction across repeated extinction tests

Craig

Sweeney

Shahan

2019

J Exper Analysis Behavior

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The present experiments assessed whether resistance to extinction of pigeons' key pecking decreased across repeated extinction tests. An additional impetus for this research was to determine how the quantitative framework provided by behavioral momentum theory might be used to describe any such changes across tests. Pigeons pecked keys in two-component multiple schedules (one component associated with a higher reinforcer rate and the other with a lower rate) in which baseline and extinction conditions alternated. In Experiment 1, baseline and extinction conditions alternated every session, and, in Experiment 2, these conditions lasted for 10 and 7 sessions, respectively. Resistance to extinction decreased across successive extinction conditions in both experiments. Fits of the behavioralmomentum based model of extinction to the data returned uncertain results in Experiment 1 but implicated both generalization decrement and response-reinforcer contingency termination as the possible mechanisms responsible for behavior change in Experiment 2. Thus, these data suggest that experimental manipulations that affect discrimination of changes in reinforcement contingencies may influence resistance to extinction by modulating the disruptive impacts of removing reinforcers from the experimental context and of suspending response-reinforcer contingencies.

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“…given the extensive and variable reinforcement histories associated with human problem behavior (see Branch, 1991;St. Peter Pipkin & Vollmer, 2009;Sullivan et al, 2019).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Behavioral momentum and resistance to extinction across repeated extinction tests

Craig

Sweeney

Shahan

2019

J Exper Analysis Behavior

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“…Considerations such as each participant's experience with a particular teaching strategy may have affected their performance in the current study (Coon & Miguel, 2012;Pipkin & Vollmer, 2009); especially for those participants who had an extensive history with learning via methods of applied behavior analysis that involved trials of matching-tosample (i.e., conditional discrimination). Considerations such as each participant's experience with a particular teaching strategy may have affected their performance in the current study (Coon & Miguel, 2012;Pipkin & Vollmer, 2009); especially for those participants who had an extensive history with learning via methods of applied behavior analysis that involved trials of matching-tosample (i.e., conditional discrimination).…”

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confidence: 99%

Establishing Derived Textual Activity Schedules in Children With Autism

Sprinkle

Miguel

2013

Behavioral Interventions

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Children with autism are frequently taught to follow picture activity schedules to increase independence in task engagement and transitions. As textual behavior allows for greater independence and efficiency in responding, schedules should rapidly become textual in form. Previous research has shown the effectiveness of conditional discrimination training and superimposition and fading procedures in establishing textual control. The current study evaluated the effectiveness of these procedures in establishing derived textual control in activity schedules. Participants included two children with autism (ages 3 and 8 years). Following the demonstration of proficiency in picture activity schedules, participants were exposed to superimposition and fading and conditional discrimination training in an alternating treatments design. Pretest-posttest measures were used to evaluate emergent relations among stimuli. Conditional discrimination training was superior to stimulus fading for emergent relations. The participants showed no clear difference between the procedures related to derived textual control.

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“…There has been an increasing number of studies conducted in applied behavior analysis on the effects of reinforcement history on behavioral resurgence (Lattal & St. Peter Pipkin, 2009; Lattal & Wacker, 2015; St. Peter Pipkin & Vollmer, 2009).…”

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Basing assessment and treatment of problem behavior on behavioral momentum theory: Analyses of behavioral persistence

Schieltz

Wacker

Ringdahl

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Behavioural Processes

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The connection, or bridge, between applied and basic behavior analysis has been long-established (Hake, 1982; Mace & Critchfield, 2010). In this article, we describe how clinical decisions can be based more directly on behavioral processes and how basing clinical procedures on behavioral processes can lead to improved clinical outcomes. As a case in point, we describe how applied behavior analyses of maintenance, and specifically the long-term maintenance of treatment effects related to problem behavior, can be adjusted and potentially enhanced by basing treatment on Behavioral Momentum Theory. We provide a brief review of the literature including descriptions of two translational studies that proposed changes in how differential reinforcement of alternative behavior treatments are conducted based on Behavioral Momentum Theory. We then describe current clinical examples of how these translations are continuing to impact the definitions, designs, analyses, and treatment procedures used in our clinical practice.

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Applied Implications of Reinforcement History Effects

Cited by 36 publications

References 81 publications

Behavioral momentum and resistance to extinction across repeated extinction tests

Behavioral momentum and resistance to extinction across repeated extinction tests

Establishing Derived Textual Activity Schedules in Children With Autism

Basing assessment and treatment of problem behavior on behavioral momentum theory: Analyses of behavioral persistence

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