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Peer reviewedYoung, Jill M.; And Others – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1994
An experimental analysis of imitation was conducted to examine the influence of response topography on generalization of imitation across three response types with four children (ages two to four) with autism. The study found that imitation generalized from reinforced training models to nonreinforced probe models within a response type but did not…
Descriptors: Autism, Behavioral Science Research, Generalization, Imitation
