Reducing Stimulus Overselectivity through an Increased Observing-Response Requirement

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Title: Reducing Stimulus Overselectivity through an Increased Observing-Response Requirement
Language: English
Authors: Doughty, Adam H., Hopkins, Michelle N.
Source: Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis. Fall 2011 44(3):653-657.
Availability: Society for the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. Available from: Department of Applied Behavioral Science. Kansas University, 1000 Sunnyside Avenue, Lawrence, KS 66045-2133. Tel: 785-841-4425; Fax: 785-841-4425; e-mail: behavior@mail.ku.edu; Web site: http://seab.envmed.rochester.edu/jaba/index.html
Peer Reviewed: Y
Physical Description: PDF
Page Count: 5
Publication Date: 2011
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Education Level: Adult Education
Descriptors: Stimuli, Mild Mental Retardation, Mental Retardation, Adults, Autism, Task Analysis, Comparative Analysis, Observation, Evaluation Methods, Student Behavior
ISSN: 0021-8855
Abstract: An adult with autism and a mild intellectual disability participated in a 0-s delayed matching-to-sample task. In each trial, two sample stimuli were presented together until the participant completed an observing-response requirement consisting of 1 or 10 mouse clicks in the baseline and experimental phases, respectively. One of the two sample stimuli then appeared randomly as a comparison stimulus (S+), along with two other comparison stimuli (S-). Higher levels of correct responding occurred under the larger observing-response requirement, and the proportion of errors related to one of the two sample stimuli decreased. Thus, stimulus overselectivity was reduced without requiring differential observing responses. (Contains 1 figure.)
Abstractor: As Provided
Number of References: 10
Entry Date: 2011
Access URL: https://www.jeabjaba.org/jaba/toc/2011/jabaFall11.php
Accession Number: EJ941719
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:An adult with autism and a mild intellectual disability participated in a 0-s delayed matching-to-sample task. In each trial, two sample stimuli were presented together until the participant completed an observing-response requirement consisting of 1 or 10 mouse clicks in the baseline and experimental phases, respectively. One of the two sample stimuli then appeared randomly as a comparison stimulus (S+), along with two other comparison stimuli (S-). Higher levels of correct responding occurred under the larger observing-response requirement, and the proportion of errors related to one of the two sample stimuli decreased. Thus, stimulus overselectivity was reduced without requiring differential observing responses. (Contains 1 figure.)
ISSN:0021-8855