The Role of Reinforcement in Multiple Response Repetition Error Correction and Treatment Preference of Chinese Children with Autism

Improving Reciprocal Conversation and Social Preference of Children With Autism

“…We addressed this concern by arranging a direct assessment procedure that required our participants to choose and experience the two options through their selections of corresponding pictures. This evaluation procedure has been predominantly used to reveal the individual preference of treatments (e.g., Hanley et al, 1997; Yuan et al, 2019) and behavioral targets (e.g., Winborn-Kemmerer et al, 2009). Our study further supported its utility in assessing social preference.…”

An evaluation of prompting procedures in error correction for children with autism

“…However, similar to Cariveau et al's (2019) review, these two studies also yielded inconsistent results in their comparisons. For example, while Yuan et al (2019) maintained that their results did not demonstrate a meaningful difference between the two arrangements, Carneiro et al (2019) reported a reinforcement component in error correction might, in fact, result in faster acquisition.…”

“…Practitioners often further arrange a corrective procedure in case of errors. The most common error‐correction procedure is in the form of a remedial trial consisting of a prompt for a learner to perform the correct responses (e.g., Love, Carr, Almason, & Petursdottir, 2009), one or more correct responses from the learner (e.g., Cariveau, La Cruz Montilla, Gonzalez, & Ball, 2019; Pritchard & Malady, 2013), and sometimes a reinforcer (e.g., Carroll, Joachim, St. Peter, & Robinson, 2015; Yuan, Hua, & Zhu, 2019).…”

“…Other than the varying response requirements, some studies have also investigated the effects of a reinforcement component in error correction. Yuan et al (2019) and Carneiro, Flores, da Silva Barros, and de Souza (2019) compared the inclusion and exclusion of reinforcement in multiple response repetition and active student response. Despite an argument made against the use of a reinforcer during error correction to avoid prompt dependency (e.g., Greer & Ross, 2008; Yuan et al, 2019), both studies found including a reinforcement component did not reduce the effects of error correction.…”

“…Yuan et al (2019) and Carneiro, Flores, da Silva Barros, and de Souza (2019) compared the inclusion and exclusion of reinforcement in multiple response repetition and active student response. Despite an argument made against the use of a reinforcer during error correction to avoid prompt dependency (e.g., Greer & Ross, 2008; Yuan et al, 2019), both studies found including a reinforcement component did not reduce the effects of error correction. However, similar to Cariveau et al's (2019) review, these two studies also yielded inconsistent results in their comparisons.…”