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Publication Date: 1985
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Comparing Autistic and Normal Children along the Dimensions of Reinforcement Maximization, Stimulus Sampling, and Responsiveness to Extinction.
Mullins, Marc; Rincover, Arnold
Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, v40 n2 p350-74 Oct 1985
Compared to mental and chronological age-matched groups of normal children, six autistic children (1) did not maximize reinforcement; (2) sampled less, and less efficiently; and (3) were much less responsive to extinction. Autistic sampling behavior was redirected by stimulus change. Results are viewed as perhaps causally related to many behavioral deficts of autism. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Autism, Children, Chronological Age, Comparative Analysis, Extinction (Psychology), Mental Age, Persistence, Reinforcement
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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