Examining a Web-Based Procedure for Assessing Preference for Videos

Abstract

A web-based program was developed to conduct brief multiple-stimulus without replacement preference assessments for videos (e.g., movies, cartoons, music videos). The preference assessment program was used with two populations: young adults with developmental disabilities and school-age children with emotional and behavioral needs. Stimulus preference hierarchies were identified for all participants, indicating that a web-based preference assessment procedure is an efficient procedure for isolating highly preferred videos, which might be useful as reinforcers in a variety of settings.

Web‐based stimulus preference assessment and reinforcer assessment for videos

“…We replicated the results of Curiel et al () showing that a web‐based MSWO determined preference hierarchies for four individuals diagnosed with ASD. Following the web‐based MSWO, a web‐based reinforcer assessment procedure, with automated functions, was implemented to assess the absolute reinforcing effects of the LP and HP stimuli.…”

“…Behavior analysts have long taken advantage of emerging technology and benefitted from doing so (Cohen & Rozenblat, ). The present data, combined with those of prior investigations (Brodhead, Abel, et al, ; Brodhead et al, ; Brodhead, Al‐Dubayan, et al, ; Chebli & Lanovaz, ; Curiel et al, ; Snyder, Higbee, & Dayton, ; Whitehouse, Vollmer, & Colbert, ), demonstrate that technology‐based applications provide a viable means for conducting preference assessments for a variety of stimuli and for assessing the reinforcing efficacy of those stimuli. When those stimuli are videos, rather than video depictions of objects that will be made available at a later time, the automated device could be used to deliver putative reinforcers during interventions.…”

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This study replicated and extended the use of a web-based multiple-stimulus-without-replacement preference assessment (Curiel, Curiel, Li, Deochand, & Poling, 2018) by adding a web-based singleoperant reinforcer assessment. Five adults diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder participated in this study.

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Multiple‐stimulus‐without‐replacement preference assessment tool

“…The ability to display and download the results may reduce the time needed to calculate and graph the results. This version of the program was derived from the web-based MSWO assessment (Curiel et al, 2018), and, as with any tool or procedure, it remains to be assessed systematically. Future research may consider doing so with clients who show an interest in video and/or auditory content.…”

“…Stimulus preference assessments, in general, are procedures that aid practitioners and researchers in the identification of preferred stimuli (Hagopian, Long, & Rush, 2004), and they too have undergone modifications with technological advances and web‐based platforms. For example, digital pictures and video‐based preference assessments have been implemented to assess tangibles (Brodhead, Al‐Dubayan, Mates, Abel, & Brouwers, 2016; Clark, Donaldson, & Kahng, 2015; Snyder, Higbee, & Dayton, 2012), social interactions (Davis, Hodges, Weston, Hogan, & Padilla‐Mainor, 2017; Huntington & Higbee, 2018; Kelly, Roscoe, Hanley, & Schlichenmeyer, 2014), activities (Brodhead, Abston, Mates, & Abel, 2017), and video preferences (Chebli & Lanovaz, 2016; Curiel, Curiel, Li, Deochand, & Poling, 2018; Curiel & Poling, 2019). For an updated literature review on stimulus preference assessments and alternative stimulus modalities, we direct readers to Heinicke, Carr, and Copsey (2019).…”