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ERIC Number: EJ1432079
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 15
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0021-8855
EISSN: EISSN-1938-3703
Evaluating Functions of Praise for Children Diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Corina Jimenez-Gomez; Courtney Hannula; Ashley P. Liggett; Samuel Shvarts; Christopher A. Podlesnik
Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, v57 n3 p584-598 2024
We assessed whether novel praise statements could be used to (a) maintain and increase responses with existing reinforcement histories and (b) teach a previously untaught response among children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder across two experiments. During response-stimulus pairing, two responses resulted in preferred edibles but only one also produced a praise statement. In the absence of edibles, the response continuing to produce praise tended to persist more. Next, reversing the praise contingency tended to increase the other response. However, in no case did contingent delivery of those same praise statements result in the acquisition of untaught responses. These findings suggest that conditioning praise statements could serve different functions (antecedent or consequence) depending on the reinforcement history for particular responses.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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