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Publication Date: 2020-Jun
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Using Extinction to Increase Behavior: Capitalizing on Extinction-Induced Response Variability to Establish Mands with Autoclitic Frames
Cengher, Mirela; Ramazon, Nicholas H.; Strohmeier, Craig W.
Analysis of Verbal Behavior, v36 n1 p102-114 Jun 2020
Members (behaviors) of a response class are equivalent in that they produce the same functional reinforcer. Oftentimes, some members of a response class occur at higher rates than others. This can be problematic when the members that occur at high rates are socially inappropriate (e.g., self-injury, aggression, or disruption). The participant in this study was a 16-year-old female diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder who demonstrated aggression, one-word mands, and mands with autoclitic frames. In a series of contingency reversals, we placed 2 behaviors on extinction (e.g., aggression and one-word mands), which resulted in extinction-induced variability. Capitalizing on extinction-induced variability, we reinforced a different behavior (e.g., mands with autoclitic frames). The results confirmed that (a) the rate of responding for each topography was a function of extinction-induced response variability and differential reinforcement and (b) all response topographies belonged to the same response class. These results provide empirical support for the use of extinction-induced variability to differentially increase the rate of socially appropriate behaviors while decreasing socially inappropriate behaviors that belong to the same response class.
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Adolescents, Females, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Aggression, Learning Processes, Reinforcement, Responses, Antisocial Behavior, Verbal Operant Conditioning
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Language: English
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