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Peer reviewedWieseler, Norman A.; And Others – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1988
The study evaluated the indirect effects on stereotypic behavior frequency of several fixed-interval reinforcement schedules on behaviors of three profoundly retarded adults. Stereotypic behavior increased in direct relation to the interval length suggesting such behaviors may be partially controlled by reinforcement frequency for adaptive…
Descriptors: Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Adults, Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems
Peer reviewedRichman, David M.; Hagopian, Louis P. – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1999
Two cases are presented in which modifications to the social attention condition were needed to identify maintaining contingencies for two young children with mental retardation and destructive behavior. The effects of two different qualities of social attention are examined, along with the effects of contingent verbal, versus contingent physical,…
Descriptors: Aggression, Attention, Behavior Change, Behavior Modification
