An adolescent with severe mental retardation and cerebral palsy who displayed attention-maintained destructive behavior was exposed to noncontingent reinforcer delivery (NCR) with either a high-preference or a low-preference stimulus while reinforcement for destructive behavior with attention remained in effect (i.e., NCR without extinction). NCR without extinction was effective only when the high-preference stimulus was available, suggesting that systematic assessment of stimulus quality may enhance the effectiveness of NCR with alternative stimuli.
%0 Journal Article
%1 Fisher2000
%A Fisher, W. W.
%A O'Connor, J. T.
%A Kurtz, P. F.
%A DeLeon, I. G.
%A Gotjen, D. L.
%D 2000
%J J Appl Behav Anal
%K Adolescent; Aggression; Attention; Behavior Therapy; Cerebral Palsy; Humans; Male; Mental Retardation; Motivation; Reinforcement Schedule; Self-Injurious
%N 1
%P 79--83
%R 10.1901/jaba.2000.33-79
%T The effects of noncontingent delivery of high- and low-preference stimuli on attention-maintained destructive behavior.
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1901/jaba.2000.33-79
%V 33
%X An adolescent with severe mental retardation and cerebral palsy who displayed attention-maintained destructive behavior was exposed to noncontingent reinforcer delivery (NCR) with either a high-preference or a low-preference stimulus while reinforcement for destructive behavior with attention remained in effect (i.e., NCR without extinction). NCR without extinction was effective only when the high-preference stimulus was available, suggesting that systematic assessment of stimulus quality may enhance the effectiveness of NCR with alternative stimuli.
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abstract = {An adolescent with severe mental retardation and cerebral palsy who displayed attention-maintained destructive behavior was exposed to noncontingent reinforcer delivery (NCR) with either a high-preference or a low-preference stimulus while reinforcement for destructive behavior with attention remained in effect (i.e., NCR without extinction). NCR without extinction was effective only when the high-preference stimulus was available, suggesting that systematic assessment of stimulus quality may enhance the effectiveness of NCR with alternative stimuli.},
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author = {Fisher, W. W. and O'Connor, J. T. and Kurtz, P. F. and DeLeon, I. G. and Gotjen, D. L.},
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title = {The effects of noncontingent delivery of high- and low-preference stimuli on attention-maintained destructive behavior.},
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