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Peer reviewedRodgers, Teresa A.; Iwata, Brian A. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1991
Seven adults with severe to profound mental retardation participated in match-to-sample discrimination training under three conditions. Results indicated that error-correction procedures improve performance through negative reinforcement; that error correction may serve multiple functions; and that, for some subjects, trial repetition enhances…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Modification, Discrimination Learning, Drills (Practice)
