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Stoddard, Lawrence T.; McIlvane, William J. – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1989
Five profoundly mentally retarded adolescents and adults were taught to respond to an auditory-visual complex stimulus. Later, the auditory component alone was presented, and three subjects did not respond. These subjects then received a fading program which successfully established auditory stimulus control with two subjects. (MSE)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Auditory Stimuli, Conditioning

Sigafoos, Jeff; And Others – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1989
A study of the acquisition of mands (requests) and tacts (labels) relating to food and eating utensils in three individuals with severe mental retardation revealed that responses acquired as tacts did not readily occur as mands, but spontaneous manding was developed through a stimulus control transfer procedure. (MSE)
Descriptors: Adults, Conditioning, Generalization, Language Skills